Sex & Gender

• Sex is the biological differences between males and females e.g. chromosomes, hormones, anatomy
• Gender is the psychological and cultural differences between masculine and feminine people e.g. attitudes, behaviours, social roles
• The sex chromosomes for males are XY
• The sex chromosomes for females are XX
• A Sex-role stereotype is a a set of beliefs and preconceived ideas about what is expected or appropriate for males and females in a given society or social group
• Gender dysphoria is where an individual's biologically prescribed sex does not reflect the gender they identify with
• Studies on sex-role stereotypes support the learning theory of gender
• Gender is heavily influenced by social norms and cultural expectations therefore is at least partly due to nurture
• Sex is innate therefore is the result of nature