Sex: How humans and other living creatures
are divided by their internal organs (Oxford Dictionary, 2015).
Sex a biological term that societies use to place people into the category of either male or female, whether it be through chromosomes, genitalia or some other physical ascription (Zevallos, 2014).
Gender: Being
male or female within reference to social and cultural differences rather than
biological ones (Oxforddictionaries.com,
2015).
Gender
is defined by whether someone is masculine or feminine and not to be confused
with sex, it isn’t about external or internal organs, it is defined as the
social expectations of each sex. It is the socially produced differences
between being feminine or masculine (Holmes, 2007).
Gender Roles: A set
of behaviours that indicates one’s gender, specifically the image projected by
a person that
identifies their femininity or masculinity (Oxforddictionaries.com,
2015)
Gender
roles refer to the socially defined attributes and expectations associated with
social positions. Gender roles reflect social norms and patterns of
socialization, roles that are distinguished between men and women (Abercrombie,
Hill and Turner, 2006). An assumption of a women’s role is be family and home-centred,
caring and nurturing for children whereas the male figure would be to earn the
money and provide for the family – these are just assumptions of traditional
gender roles. (Abercrombie, Hill and Turner, 2006)
Masculinity: The possession of the qualities traditionally
associated with men (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2015).
Masculinity assumes that one’s behaviour results from the type of
person one is (Connell, 2005). Masculinity is a conception that presupposes a
belief in individual difference and personal agency. A simple definition would be
‘what men actually are’ (Connell, 2005).
Femininity: The quality of being female (Oxforddictionaries.com,
2015)
Femininity is a sex-role stereotype or gender stereotype
what we expect of females. It includes beliefs about behaviours, attitudes and
traits (Marshall, 2008) The way a female may act and how society expects a
female to act.
Sexuality: A person’s sexual orientation or preference (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2015)
Heterosexuality: a person who is heterosexual is one who is attracted to
people of the opposite gender (Anon, 2014).
Homosexual: one who is attracted to people of the same gender that he or
she identifies with. A man who is attracted to other men is referred to as gay,
whereas a woman who is attracted to other women is referred to as lesbian (Anon,
2014).
Bisexual: a person who is bisexual is attracted to people of both their
own gender and of another gender (Anon, 2014).
Pansexual: are attracted to others regardless of sex or gender. They
could be attracted to people who are male, female, transgender (Anon, 2014).
Above are some examples of the differing sexual preferences.
Gender
Identity: A person’s perception of being a
particular gender, which may or may not correspond with their birth sex (Oxforddictionaries.com,
2015)
Gender identity can match a person’s sex however sometimes
that persons gender identity does not match his or hers sex identity. Can refer
to people a transgender men who are feminine and women who are masculine (Shoesmith,
2014). Gender identity is the way a person portrays the person they see
themselves as.
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