1. Sex and Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)

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      1. Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)
      SEX:
      • biological status as male/female.
      • determined by diff chromosomes (XX vs XY).
      • influences hormonal/anatomy diff (e.g. hair growth).
      • innate/nature.
    • 2. Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)
      GENDER:
      • psychological status as masculine/feminine.
      • roles associated w/ being more male/female.
      • influenced by social/cultural norms.
      • environmentally determined; nurture/nature.
    • 3. Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)
      Gender Identity Disorder:
      • bio sex not match way feel/see self as.
      • i.e. transgender.
      • gender reassignment surgery.
      • fluid concept; learned; depends social context.
    • 4. Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)
      Sex-Role Stereotypes:
      • taught early on (e.g. boys sports, girls dolls).
      • ”police” other’s roles through teasing those against sex-role stereotypes.
      • media maintains/breaks stereotypes (links to SLT).
      • cultural differences.
    • 5. Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes)
      Real-Life App - Batista Boys:
      • McGinley et al. (1974).
      • identified as girls at birth, raised as such until puberty.
      • changed into males, rare genetic disorder.
      • bio sex = male, but female gender identity.
      • abandoned female identity, adapted roles as boys.
    • Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes) - Evaluation
      Furnham + Farragher (2000)
      • TV ads, sex-role stereotypes.
      • men (autonomous, professional roles); women (domestic, family roles).
      • supports SLT, media’s involvement in s-r stereotypes as it sustains expectations.
    • Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes) - Evaluation
      Ingalhalikar (2014)
      • brain scan, 949 men + women; mapped connections of diff brain parts.
      • women, better conn between L + R brain sides.
      • men, intense activity in individual parts (e.g. cerebellum, control motor skills).
      • biological basis for sex-roles, distinction between sex and gender.
    • Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes) - Evaluation
      Seavey et al. (1975)
      • 3-month-old, yellow suit.
      • 1/3 told male, 1/3 told female, 1/3 no label.
      • interact w/ toys (doll, ball, plastic ring).
      • male = plastic ring; female = doll; no gender, female participants interacted more.
      • majority gave non-gendered baby a sex-label, showing s-r stereotypes start young.
    • Sex + Gender (Sex-Role Stereotypes) - Evaluation
      Rubin (1974)
      • parents to describe new babies, born within 24hrs.
      • boys, ‘alert/strong’; girls ‘soft/delicate’.
      • societal, deep routed.