a persons sense of maleness and femaleness, nurture
sex refers to persons biological status
sex is determined by one pair o sex chromosomes
what are the sex chromosomes?
XX, XY
sex is innate as a result of nature
gender refers to a persons psychosocial status
gender is heavily influenced by social norms and cultural expectations
gender is partly environmental so is influenced by nurture
what was the method of the batista boys
37 children from dominican republic were studied and they were born with female genitallia and then in puberty they got a second wave of male hormones which allowed their male genitallia to develop and their female to close up
what was the results of the batista boys
they found that the boys abandoned their female indentity with very fewproblems of adjustment and quickly adapted to their new roles as men and boys
what is the conclusion of the batista boys
this suggests that gender may be flexible rather than fixed
what is gender identity disorder
when someones biological sex doesn't match the way they feels and the gender that they see themselves as
