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Psych - Gender
Gender - key terms
Term | Definition |
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Masculinity | Psychological characteristics of a male |
Femininity | Psychological characteristics of a female |
Typical gender | Gender that reflects a person's sex |
Atypical gender | Gender that does NOT reflect a person's sex |
Binary | A forced choice to one or another position e.g. feminine or masculine |
Gender fluid | Taking the view that gender is not fixed throughout life but can change |
Non-binary | View that there are multiple possible outcomes rather than fixed two |
Gender dysphoria | A condition where a person feels that their biological sex does not match to their gender. This often pursues treatment to reassign gender with sex (surgery) |
Transgender | Moving from one gender to another |
Androgyny | Gender that has characteristics associated with being both masculine and feminine. |
Sex | Your biological structure that decides whether you have male or female reproductive organs and hormones |
Gender | A social construct of whether you are male or female |