There are a couple factors that determine gender identity; like genetic factors‚ environmental situations‚ psychosocial factors‚ and even sexual hormones. “Gender identity is almost always consistent with chromosomal sex.” (Rathus‚ S. A.‚ Nevid‚ J.S.‚ and Fichner-Rathus‚ L. 2005). From the moment sperm fertilized an ovum‚ our destiny to be a girl or a boy is chosen. Usually at this point; 23 chromosomes from the male donor and 23 from the female come together and combine to make a “zygote”. Starting
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identifying with their gender identity. A hermaphrodite can be classified as a female based on the chromosome combination‚ but have a hard time identifying with the female gender because of the external sexual organs. According to the masculinity and femininity continuum‚ some individuals are considered to be more masculine and feminine than others. For example‚ a female who goes against a male for his position in the workplace would be considered more masculine. According to the text “A person who
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Fichner-Rathus‚ 2005). The variance between assigned gender and gender identity lies inside the psychological dominion. While one may be considered male when born‚ psychologically he may not relate to being a male at all. Femininity may be something that is much more comfortable than masculinity. This is a situation where the assigned gender is male‚ but the person identifies themselves more as female.
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of the two options we’re usually given (male or female). How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? * * According to Planned Parenthood (2013) gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity in many ways. Gender and sex concepts and constructions of masculinity and feminity of being able to tell the difference between the two. They show them as being completely different like males being the
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The Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality According to Johnny Weir‚ "Masculinity is what you believe it to be... [it is] all by perception‚ [I believe] masculinity and femininity is something that is very old-fashioned... [there is a] whole new generation of people who aren’t defined by their race or their sex or who they like to sleep with." This statement exemplifies the definition of gender as a concept; gender is the expectations of a sex according to the culture of society. Sexuality
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Gender Identity University of Phoenix‚ Associates Program PSY265 – Psychology of Human Sexuality Gender identity is the belief that one is male or female. There are many different factors that come into play with gender identity. It is not a simple process of what one looks like‚ but more complex. There are people born with male parts‚ some with female parts and even some born with both parts. For example‚ a hermaphrodite is a person born with ovarian and testicular tissue and
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The framework of a continuum describes the two genders from extremely masculine to extremely feminine.(differenceworks‚ n.d.) However‚ masculine in each case does not equal men and feminine does not equal women because no woman is exclusively feminine and no man is exclusively
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How does gender impact on ‘life chances’ and our everyday life experiences? Through human culture‚ we can see how life chances (political theory of the opportunities each individual has to improve his or her quality of life) and the life experiences of a human being are a mere social construction according to their sex‚ gender identity and role they play in society. This creates inequality between people in society. ‘Sex depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and
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Gender Identity PSY/240 Joanne Evans 6-1-13 Gender identities are determined by biological‚ social and cognitive learning factors‚ these occur overtime and more times than most gender identity is determined in childhood and usually by the age of six to seven years of age. Biological factors can play a big role in shaping a child’s physical development‚ some researchers suggest
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is women’s work and men’s work How can we describe a person’s masculine and feminine traits according to the continuum of masculinity-feminity? The major general assumption is that the more masculine a person is‚ the less feminine they are‚ and‚ likewise‚ the more feminine a person is‚ the less masculine they are: Masculinity is summarized as being assertive and instrumental. Femininity is summarized as being nurturing and cooperative. A person whom is psychologically androgynous is capable of
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