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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e

Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University

Gender and Gender Roles

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of Chapter 5, you should be able to:

1

Define sex, gender, assigned gender, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation and describe their differences from one another.

2

Discuss the evidence and implications for describing males and females as opposite or similar to each other.

3

Describe the real and perceived relation of gender identity to sexual orientation.

4

Describe gender theory and discuss the role of gender schema in creating or exaggerating female/male differences.

5

Explain cognitive social learning theory and cognitive developmental theory.

6

Describe gender-role learning from childhood through adolescence, including the major socialization influences.

7

Discuss traditional male and female gender roles and sexual scripts, including the significance of ethnicity.

8

Identify changes in contemporary gender roles and sexual scripts.

9

Define androgyny and discuss how it can benefit and detract from one's emotional health.

10

Discuss hermaphroditism and list the major chromosomal and hormonal errors and their relationship to gender identity.

11

Discuss gender dysphoria and transsexuality, including causes and transsexual surgery.

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