Sex and Gender

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    Faith Woodward

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    • Define Biological sex

      Male or female based on their biology and anatomy
    • Define Gender

      Man or women based on appearance and behaviour/personality and psychological traits
    • What does it mean to be androgynous?
      Display high levels of both masculine and feminine traits
    • Can you be described as androgynous if appearance isnt strongly masculine or feminine ?

      YES!
    • What did BEM (1974) suggest about Androgyny?
      People can have masculine and feminine traits
    • What is The Bem Sex Role inventory?
      A questionnaire to measure both traits
      Measures if people conform to stereotypes and how androgynous ppl are
    • Describe The Bem Sex role Inventory (BSRI)
      • Participants presented with a list of 60 characteristics - 20 masculine/feminine/neutral.
      • Participants asked to rate themselves on 7-point rating scale for each (1 - never me, 7- always me) scored are added up and classified as either masc., fem, androgynous, undifferentiated
    • BSRI - If a participant showed high levels of masculinity and low levels of femininity , what would be their classification?
      Masculine
    • What are the three strengths of BSRI?
      + High external reliability
      + High internal reliability
      + Low gender bias
    • What are the Limitations of BSRI?
      - Lacks temporal Validity
      - Lacks internal Validity
    • How does BSRI Lack Temporal Validity?
      Sex-role stereotypes change overtime
    • How does BSRI Lack Internal Validity?
      Not all participants interpret in the scale the same way and some may give higher scores for everything
    • Define the term Gender Identity
      A persons personal and internal sense of gender
    • What is a stereotype?
      Beliefs about what are masculine and feminine traits can become rigid and overly simplified
    • What is a Sex-role stereotype?
      A stereotype about how men and women should behave.
    • Why has Sex-role stereotypes changed?
      They change overtime because society changes
    • Describe the Flaherty and Dusek study on Androgyny and Psychological Health
      • Found that those that where androgynous reported higher psychological well-being then others
      • Hiding true self due to conforming to the stereotypes lead to people to not be happy
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