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The document introduces key concepts related to sex, gender, gender roles, stereotypes, and SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression). It distinguishes between biological sex, which is physiological and unchanging, and gender, which is a social construct that varies across cultures and changes over time. Additionally, it outlines the expectations associated with gender roles and provides definitions for sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Group 1 Intro

The document introduces key concepts related to sex, gender, gender roles, stereotypes, and SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression). It distinguishes between biological sex, which is physiological and unchanging, and gender, which is a social construct that varies across cultures and changes over time. Additionally, it outlines the expectations associated with gender roles and provides definitions for sexual orientation and gender identity.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

What is SEX?

 Refers to biological and physiological characteristics.

 Sex in biological sense is a category for living beings specifically their reproductive function.

‘Male and Female are used in birth certificate to decorate the sex of children’

Two SEXES:

 Male Sex produces sperm cells.

 Female Sex produces egg cells.

Chromosomes:

 Chromosome XX equates to female.

 Chromosome XY equates to male.

Hormones:

 Estrogen - promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the


body.

 Testosterone - stimulates the development of male secondary sexual characteristics.

 Progesterone - stimulates uterus to prepare for pregnancy.

What is GENDER?

 Characteristics of women, men, girls, and boys that are socially constructed.

 Social construct that determines one’s roles, expected values, behavior, and interaction in
relationships involving men and women.

‘Man’,’masculine’,’woman’,’feminine’ denote gender.

Masculinity - males presented are in powerful and dominant roles, one can presume that power
and dominance are associated with maleness.

Femininity - females are seen to take care of people, one associates females with these rules.

SEX GENDER

Physiological Social

Related to reproduction Cultural

Congenital Learned behaviour

Unchanging Changes overtime

Varies within a culture

What is GENDER ROLE?

- Expectations and behaviors that society typically associates with individuals based on their
gender. In many cultures, these roles are deeply ingrained, often influencing how people are expected
to act, dress, or fulfill certain responsibilities based on whether they are male of female.
What is STEREOTYPES?

- Is to treat or classify according to a mental conception or image. Additionally, According to


oxford languages it is widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular types a
person or thing.

What is SOGIE?

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression

Sexual Orientation - A person’s attraction to others

 Heterosexuality

 Homosexuality

 Bisexuality

Gender Identity - A person’s internal sense of their gender

 Cisgender

 Transgender

 Non - Binary

 Genderfluid

Gender Expresssion - How a person outwardly expresses their gender.

“ Gender is not about how we differ, but how we respect those differences”

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