Key Terms Chapter 12: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
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| Words (or words that have the same definition) | The definition is case sensitive | (Optional) Image to display with the definition [Not displayed in Glossary, only in pop-up on pages] | (Optional) Caption for Image | (Optional) External or Internal Link | (Optional) Source for Definition |
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") |  | The infamous double helix | https://bio.libretexts.org/ | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
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| Biological Determinism | the belief that men and women behave differently due to inherent sex differences related to their biology | ||||
| Doing Gender | the performance of tasks based upon the gender assigned to us by society and, in turn, ourselves | ||||
| DOMA | Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 U.S. law explicitly limiting the definition of “marriage” to a union between one man and one woman and allowing each individual state to recognize or deny same-sex marriages performed in other states | ||||
| Double Standard | the concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women but allows it for men | ||||
| Gender | a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviors that are considered male or female | ||||
| Gender Dysphoria | a condition listed in the DSM-5 in which people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. This condition replaces "gender identity disorder" | ||||
| Gender Identity | a person’s deeply held internal perception of his or her gender | ||||
| Gender Role | society’s concept of how men and women should behave | ||||
| Heterosexism | an ideology and a set of institutional practices that privilege heterosexuals and heterosexuality over other sexual orientations | ||||
| Homophobia | an extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals | ||||
| Queer Theory | an interdisciplinary approach to sexuality studies that identifies Western society’s rigid splitting of gender into male and female roles and questions its appropriateness | ||||
| Sex | a term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females | ||||
| Sexism | the prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another | ||||
| Sexual Orientation | a person’s physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female) | ||||
| Sexuality | a person’s capacity for sexual feelings | ||||
| Social Construction of Sexuality | socially created definitions about the cultural appropriateness of sex-linked behavior which shape how people see and experience sexuality | ||||
| Transgender | an adjective that describes individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are other than their biological sex |