sex and gender

• Sex


  A person's biological status as either male or female, determined by chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy
• Gender


  A person's psychosocial status as either masculine or feminine, influenced by social norms and cultural expectations
• Sex

  Innate and the result of nature
• Gender


  At least partly environmentally determined and the result of nurture
• Sex cannot be changed as it is fixed from birth
• Gender may be more fluid and open to change depending on social context and norms
• Gender identity disorder


  When a person's biological sex does not reflect the gender they identify as
• Most people's biological sex and gender identity correspond
• Some people choose to have gender reassignment surgery to bring their sexual identity in line with their gender identity
• sex role stereotypes


  a set of shred expectations that people within a culture or society hold about what is acceptable for males and females
• sex role stereotypes 


  gender expectations transmitted and reinforced through society by parents, peers, media, school