GENDER AND

SOCIETY:

A HUMAN
ECOLOGICAL
APPROACH

lesson 1:
lesson Objectives:
At the end of this
lesson, you should
be able:

1.Differentiate sex, gender, and sexuality

2.Discuss the implication of these differences
3.Contemplate about your own sexuality and on
the importance of appreciating sexual diversity.
SEX
BIOLOGICAL SEX OR
PHYSICAL SEX

PARTS OF YOUR BODY THAT

ARE RELEVANT TO
REPRODUCTION

DETERMINED BY EXAMINING
THE GENITALS
 Penis VAGINA
(Male) (FEMALE)
 HERMAPHRODITISM
(from Hermes, a male goddess)
Difficult to classify baby's sex without
further examination)

INTERSEXUALITY
In modern times, the term
intersexuality is used to refer
to this phenomenon
 levels of
levels of Estrogen and
Testosterone Progesterone

XY XX
 GENDER
The social interpretation of sex:
Masculinity, Femininity, etc.

Humans are
meaning-making organism.
Heteronormativity

The phenomenon of determining

the normality of a behavior based
on whether it conforms or not to
expectations relative to one's
biological sex
GENDER
IDENTITY
OUR SENSE OF WHO WE
ARE

DO WE SEE AND EXPERIENCE

OURSELVES AS A MAN,
WOMAN, OR NEITHER

PERSON'S BIOLOGICAL SEX

DOES NOT ALIGN WITH
ONE'S GENDER IDENTITY
 SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
Emotional and sexual attraction to a person
"HETEROSEXUALS" OR " "HOMOSEXUALS", "GAY" OR
STRAIGHT" "LESBIAN"
PEOPLE WHO ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
ATTRACTED TO THE ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE OF
OPPOSITE SEX THE SAME SEX

"BISEXUAL" OR "BI"
PEOPLE WHO ARE
ATTRACTED TO BOTH SEXES,
MALE OR FEMALE
LGBT refers to LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL, and
TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY
All people have been intentionally
created by God, including LGBTQ
people. Isaiah 43:1. “Do not fear, for
I have redeemed you; I have called
you by name, you are mine.”