1. Babies and Babes
Gender socialization

2. Women are made, not born Sex vs. Sexuality vs. Gender
Social Construction
Gender: women & femininity
Sex: female

3. Sex The biological aspects of a person; male or female
Does biology determine behavior?
The way we understand sex is socially constructed

4. Sexuality
biological, behavioral and political components involved in personal attraction
Complex and changes over lifetime

5. Gender
The socially learned & observable behaviors and expectations associated with male and female
masculinity and femininity
Gender “performance” changes throughout time & culture
Race, class and sexual orientation all impact one’s gender performance

6. Socialization
The process by which we learn the norms of the culture and acquire a sense of self or personality
How we learn to perform masculinity and femininity

7. Social Construction of Gender
Process by which the expectations associated with being male and female are passed on through society
Sex
Category
Gender
Status
Naming, dress, activities

8. Gender Identity Gendered sense of self
Gender is the most important thing we feel we need to determine about a person

9. Gender Ranking The basis for sexism
The valuation of one gender over another
Male over Female
The valuation of one performance of a specific gender over another
Madonna over whore
Young over old
White angel over black mammy

10. Femininity & Women
The social environment places constraints on individuals’ bodies & behaviors
Femininity is based on binary aspects that create a narrow path for appropriate behavior
Current definitions of femininity emphasize “superwoman”, which leaves majority with feelings of inferiority

11. The Social Construction of Sex
How many sexes and genders do exist?
How can we discuss gender and sexual diversity when all the mechanisms of legal and extralegal render transgendered and intersexed lives invisible?

12. Atypical Gender Differentiation
Variables of gender
Chromosomal gender
Prenatal hormonal gender
Prenatal and neonatal brain hormonalization
Internal organs
External genital appearance
Pubertal hormonal gender
Assigned gender
Gender identity

13. Brain Differentiation
Evidence indicates that differences exist between human male and female brains
Shape
Functioning
These differences may develop after birth rather than prenatally
“Embodiment”
Environment HormonesOrgansBeing

14. Variability Within Gender Is Larger Than Mean Difference Between Genders.