GAD +

SOGIE
Gender and Development +
Sexual Orientation, Gender
Identity, & Expression
Gender Sensitivity

▪ Act of being sensitive to the

ways people think about
gender
▪ Ensure that people rely less on
assumptions about traditional
and outdated views on the
roles of men and women
What is the difference between a male and a
female?
Fact:
We are all born as human
beings. And naked.
Sex Assignment

MALE FEMALE
 MALE FEMALE

Chromosomes XY XX

Reproductive Organs Testes Ovaries

The Difference
Sex Characteristic

▪ The anatomy and

biology that
determines whether
one is female, male,
or intersex.
Sex Characteristics

Female Intersex Male

Gender

▪ A physiological and social construct

▪ Commonly refers to a combination of
characteristics, expectations, and roles
that are associated with biological sex
▪ The adherence to cultural norms for
feminine and masculine behavior
Physical Attributes

MALE FEMALE
Flat chest Breasts
Big apple – deeper pitch Small apple – higher pitch
Square-shaped face Heart-shaped face
Hairy Not hairy
Dark-skinned Fair-skinned
Muscular Curvy
Taller than a female Shorter than a male
 FEMININE MASCULINE

Weak Strong

Emotional Rational

Perception Secondary Primary

Can’t think Can’t feel

 FEMININE MASCULINE

No hard work Hard work

No leadership Leader

Roles Not a boss Boss

No decision-
No care-giving
making
 FEMININE MASCULINE

Stay at home Always be smart

Just obey Get the best

Don’t assert Don’t cry

Expectations
Don’t make
Don’t participate in
women do hard
deciding
work
Sex and Gender

SEX GENDER

Male & Female Masculine & Feminine

Based on nature Based on norms

Biological Social and Cultural

In-born Acquainted/Learned
Sex and Gender

SEX GENDER

Male & Female Masculine & Feminine

Relatively Fixed Interchangeable

Unique/Specific Shared

Universal Place and Time-Bound

SOGIE
Gender Identity
Gender Identity

▪ What gender do you identify

yourself with
▪ Psychological and personal
sense of being male or female
▪ Has nothing to do with sexual
orientation
▪ Basis of pronouns
Gender Identity

Gender-Queer
Cisgender
Transgender Cisgender Man
Woman
Man/Woman
Cisgender

▪ Cis means on the same side

▪ Your gender identity and the
sex that was assigned to you at
birth are the same.
Transgender

▪ Trans means across

▪ This means that your gender
identity and the sex that was
assigned to you at birth are not
the same.
Gender-Queer

▪ Don’t conform to any gender

stereotyping of what a male or a female
should be.
▪ Don’t fit into the boy/girl roles and
never really wanted to.
▪ Non-binary or gender-nonconforming
Sexual Orientation
Sexual Orientation

▪ Who you are romantically and

emotionally attracted to.
 Types of
Attractions
Aesthetic Attraction

▪ Appreciating the physical

attributes of someone.
Sensual Attraction

▪ Desire to interact with another

in tactile and non-sexual ways
like hugging or cuddling.
Intellectual Attraction

▪ Desire to engage with another

in an intellectual manner.
▪ More to do with what or how a
person thinks instead of the
person themselves.
Sexual Attraction

▪ Makes people desire sexual

contact or showing sexual
interest in another person
Romantic Attraction

▪ Makes people desire romantic

contact or interaction with
another person or persons.
Emotional Attraction

▪ Desire to know someone

because of their personality.
▪ Found in all types of
relationships.
▪ Birds of the same feather flock
together
Sexual Orientation

Bisexual
Homosexual Pansexual Heterosexual
Asexual
Heterosexuality

▪ Hetero means different or

other
▪ Attraction to people of the
opposite sex or gender.
Homosexuality

▪ Homos means the same

▪ Attraction to people of the
same sex or gender
▪ Commonly referred to as gays
and lesbians
Bisexuality

▪ Bi means two
▪ Attraction to people of the
same sex or gender and people
of a gender other than their
own
Pansexuality

▪ Pan means all or involving all

members
▪ Attraction to people regardless
of their gender
Asexuality

▪ Prefix ‘a’ in health and sciences

means not or without
▪ Lack of sexual attraction to
others or low or absent interest
in or desire for sexual activity.
Gender Expression
Gender Expression

▪ This is how a person expresses

themselves (behavior,
mannerisms, clothing, haircut,
voice, etc.)
▪ Has nothing to do with gender
identity or sexual orientation
Example of gender expressions of female
Example of gender expressions of male
Gender Expression

Feminine Androgynous Masculine

Feminine

▪ Having qualities or an
appearance traditionally
associated with women
Masculine

▪ Having qualities or an
appearance traditionally
associated with men
Androgynous

▪ Andro means male, man, or

masculine
▪ Gyne means women
▪ Having the characteristics of
both female and male
LGBT++ Gender
Expressions
Lesbians

Butch Soft Butch / Chapstick Femme / Lipstick

Masculine Androgynous Feminine

Lea DeLaria Ellen De Generes Sarah Paulson

Gays

Masculine Gay Feminine Gay

Masculine Feminine

Ricky Martin Chris Colfer

Transgender

Transgender Man Transgender Woman

Masculine Feminine

Jake Zyrus Bemz Bendito

Drag Queen and King
▪ Refers to a man or a
woman who dresses to
look like the opposite
sex, usually for
performance;
▪ Often homosexuals,
but not always.
Cross Dressing

The act of wearing items or

clothing and other accessories
commonly associated with the
opposite sex within a particular
society.