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Gender variants
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gender Identity | how you think about yourself ex. man woman, something in between |
| Gender Expression | how you demonstrate your gender to the world ex masculine, feminine, something in between |
| Biological Sex | determined by sexual organs, hormones and chromosomes ex male female or inter sex |
| Sexual orientation | who you are physically and emotionally attracted to ex heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual. |
| 4 Types of Gender variation | Gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, sexual orientation |
| Asexual | lack of sexual attraction or orientation |
| Gays | attracted to men |
| lesbians | attracted to women |
| bisexual | Men or women who are attracted to both sexes. |
| Pan sexual | people who feel that they have the potential to be sexually attracted towards people of all gender identities |
| Poly-sexual | people who are sexually attracted to those with other gender identities gender categories show that there is variation between biology and how one identifies. |
| 6 Types of sexual orientation | Gays, lesbians, bisexual,pan sexual poly-sexual |
| Wintke | would be woman, is a third gender and thought to be powerful individuals |
| Intersex | intermidiate or a typical combinations of physical features that distinguish male and female |
| klinefelter’s syndrome | XXY, XYY,XXX |
| Tetrasomy | XXYY |
| Types of intersex | Klinefelter's syndrome, tetrasomy |
| Androgen Insensitivity syndrome: | partial or complete unresponsiveness of cells in a growing embryo to the presence of androgens. Can impair or prevent the masculinisation of male genitalia and development of secondary sexual characteristics at puberty |