CHAPTER 1

DIFFERENTIATIN SEX & GENDER

Who am I?

What am I?

Why am I?

When am I?

How am I?

What is Sex?

- refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females, including both
primary sex characteristics ( the reproductive system ) and secondary sex characteristics such as
height and mascularity.
- Genitalia
- Chromosomes
- Primary Sex Characteristics
- Secondary Sex Characteristics

What is Gender?

- term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male and female.

What is your Energy? (Activity)

“Gender isn’t an either/or scenario. It’s a spectrum.”

Nonbinary

- an umbrella term for people whose gender identities don’t align with the man-woman binary.

Bigender

- they identify as both men and women at varying points or a gender meaning they don’t identify
with any gender.

Cisgender

- assigned gender
What is the relationship between Gender & Sex?

- The concepts of gender and sex are SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED.

- GENDER is in the BRAIN. SEX is in the PANTS

GENDER IDENTITY

- An individual’s self-conception of being male or female.

- Own personal understanding of your gender and how you want the world to see you.

*Instead of making assumptions about how a person identities, check in with the people you meet
about their gender identity.

*RESPECT EVERY PERSON MATTERS

GENDER CULTURE

- Gender norms refers to social and cultural attitudes and expectations about which behaviors,
preferences, products, professions or knowledges are appropriate for women, men and gender-
diverse individuals.

GENDER EXPRESSION

- Is how a person publicly presents their gender. This can include behavior and outward
appearance such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and
pronoun are also common ways of expressing gender.

CROSS DRESSING

- Is the act of wearing items of clothing not commonly associated with one’s sex.
- Has been used for purposes of disguise, comfort, and self-expression in modern times and
throughout history.

TRANSEXUAL

- They may also be known as male-to-female (MTF) or female-to-male (FTM)

TRANSGENDER

- Individuals who identify with the role that is the opposite of their biological sex.

What is SEXUAL ORIENTATION?

- A person’s sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or
female).
- About whom you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with. Sexual orientation
includes gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual.
- Sexual orientation is ABOUT WHO YOU WANTED TO BE WITH.
- Gender identity is about who you are.

There are a bunch of identities associated with sexual orientation:

 People who’re attracted to a different gender (for example, women who are attracted to men or
men who are attracted to women) often call themselves straight or heterosexual.
 People who’re attracted to people of the same gender often call themselves gay or homosexual.
Gay women may prefer the term lesbian.
 People who’re attracted to both men and women often call themselves bisexual.

SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS:

 ASEXUALITY – no attraction to either sex

 BISEXUALITY – the attraction to individuals of either sex.
 HOMOSEXUALITY – the attraction to individuals of one’s own sex
 HETEROSEXUALITY – the attraction to individuals of the opposite sex.
 PANSXUAL – attracted to people of any gender identity.

How do people know their Sexual Orientation?

- According to current scientific understanding, individuals are usually aware of their sexual
orientation between middle childhood and early adolescence
- For example, someone may notice that their sexual thoughts and activities focus on people of
the same sex, or both sexes. But it’s possible to have fantasies or to be curious about people of
the same sex without being homosexual or bisexual.
- And they may not pursue those attractions.