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The feelings, thoughts and behaviours that are responses to learned erotic or sexual cues
I.e. Invovles love intimacy, power, vulnrability |
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How does society shape sexuality?
- its meaning, is expression
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- sexuality shapes how we think about ourselves/others
- Ideas about sexuality ever-present in mass media
- links the personal with the social
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A biological distinction between females & males
- Usually assigned by doctors on the basis of visual insecion of the genitalia of newborns
A social status based on genital appearance
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Differeces in primary or secondary sex characteristics
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(persons may be female, male, intersexed or hermaphodite)
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A social distinction between females and males
A scoail status based pm gender roles
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Primary Sex Characteristics |
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- The genitals and sex organs
(Those parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction |
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Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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- Other bodily/physiological diffrences that distinguish mature males and females
(Not directly related to preproduction) |
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Born with:
Genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics
- Neither exclusively male nor female
- A combination of features of both sexes
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Gender Identity does not match assigned gender |
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Persons designated one sex and gender at birth, but prefer to identify and live as another gender & sex
Establishes permanent identity with the gender opposite assigned sex |
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