Chp 10 Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: The Fluidity of Maleness and Femaleness

________ - understood in Western cultures as he reproductive forms and functions of the body.

________- someone to whom society assigns one gender who does not perform as that gender but has taken either permanent or temporary steps to identify as another gender.

________ has the biological potential for aggression or any other psychological state.

________- someone whose gender identity aligns with their biological sex at birth as male or female.

________- individuals who exhibit sexual organs and functions somewhere between male and female elements, often including elements of both.

________ have historically distinguished between biology (sex) and culturally constructed ideas about biology with the term "gender, "which typically refers to cultural expectations of how males and females should behave.

________ like aggression, dominance, and violence are psychologically complicated and expressed in specific cultural contexts.

________ has biological and psychological dimensions, but it is also learned, patterned, and shaped by the cultural context in which one lives.

________ does play a larger role in male bodily function and estrogen, a larger role in female bodily function.

________- the ideas and practices of manhood.

________ are intended to help individuals "fit in "but sometimes do more harm than good, especially when infants grow up and do not associate with the sex that was chosen for them at birth.

________ are still a part of Navajo society, but many young Navajos are beginning to be labeled "gay "or "lesbian, "adopting Western forms of identification in place of traditional Navajo genders.

The "________ "pushed the discipline to focus ethnographic attention on womens experiences and perspectives.

________ "is a general term describing transsexuals, transvestites, drag queens, drag kings, and intersex- many of the people who occupy this category do not necessarily identify themselves as "transgender ..

________ have always had an interest in same- sex sexuality as it occurs in many different societies.

________ have ovaries, hormones, and an internal structure such as fallopian tubes that support the movement of ova, pregnancy, and fetal development and whose secondary effects include breast development and a high voice.

In ________ society, nádleehé individuals combine male and female roles and characteristics and are highly respected, participating in religious ceremonies and acting as spiritual healers and go- betweens in arranging marriages and mediating conflicts.

________ intersect in complex ways with gender variance.

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boys are adventuresome, active, and aggressive, while girls are nurturing, domestic, and sentimental

the reproductive forms and functions of the body

boys tend to engage in more rough-and-tumble play, while girls tend to be more engaged in infant contact and care

the ideas and social patterns a society uses to organize males, females, and those who do not fit either category

a characteristic of a species, in which males and females have different sexual forms

individuals who exhibit sexual organs and functions somewhere between male and female elements, often including elements of both

women with nature and the domestic sphere, men with culture and the public sphere

the ideas and practices of manhood

expressions of sex and gender that diverge from the male and female norms that dominate in most societies

situation found in many societies that acknowledges three or more categories of gender/sex

sexual preferences, desires, and practices

the Navajo, India, and the contemporary urban United States

someone to whom society assigns onne gender who does not perfomr as that gender but has taken either permanent or temporary steps to identify as another gender

Anthropological Perspectives on American (Non)Acceptance of Trans People"

a man who penetrates another man would not consider himself-or be considered by others-as homosexual, yet the man being penetrated would be considered homosexual

the complex and fluid intersections of biological sex, internal senses of self, outward expressions of identity, and cultural expectations about how to perform that identity in appropriate ways

the ideas and social patterns a society uses to organize males, females, and those who exist between these categories

individuals who exhibit sexual organs and functions somewhere between male and female elements, often including elements of both

sexual preferences, desires, and practices

a characteristic of a species in which males and females have different sexual forms