1Sex
A person's biological distinction- male or female
2Gender
The significance society attaches to biological categories of female and male
3Essentialists view
Gender is a biological two-category (binary) system
4Constructionists
sex, gender, and sexuality are social constructs
5Cisgender
biology and identity align
6Transgender
Gender identity is different from biological sex
7sexual orientation
attraction
8heterosexual
attraction to the opposite sex
9homosexual
attraction to the same sex
10bisexual
attraction to either sex
11asexual
reject any sexual identity at all
12pansexual
attraction to each sex and both genders
13Gender identity
an indiviuals self-definition or sense of gender
14Gender role socialization
the lifelong proccess of learning to be masculine or feminine
15Social learning theory
We learn through social interaction and internalize societal expectations
16Functionalism view of gender
Traditional gender roles are complimentary
17Conflict view of gender
Inequality is built into and perpetuated by the system
18Interactionalism view of gender
Gender is socially constructed and maintained in everday lives
19Feminist theories
Gender inequality effexts all areas of social life
20Male liberationism
focuses on the challenges of traditional "masculinity"