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gender is the social elaboration of biological sex. Not surprisingly, social norms for heterosexual coupling and care of any resulting children are closely intertwined with gender.
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1.1.3. What is a Psychology of Gender? Before we can define gender, we must understand the meaning of sex. Though sex and gender are sometimes used interchangeably in everyday language, they have distinct meanings in the scientific contexts of collecting data and conducting research. Sex refers to the biological, anatomical aspects of an ...
Learning Objectives. Students who read this chapter should be able to do the following: Explain central terminology 1.1 in the study of sex and gender. Evaluate how culture, 1.2 gender identity, and sexual orientation shape the experience and expression of sex and gender.
Gender diversity expert Meg-John Barker (2019) offers a biopsychosocial understanding of gender which shows how all aspects of our biology, psychology, and social context shape each other. Our bodies and brains are shaped by our gendered experiences, such as physical interventions
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For example, biologically-oriented theories ascribe gender differences to the differential biological roles played by males and females while sociological theories focus on the sociostructural...
Here we review the evidence that gender identity and related socially defined gender constructs are influenced in part by innate factors including genes. Based on the data reviewed, we hypothesize that gender identity is a multifactorial complex trait with a heritable polygenic component.
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People, whether researchers, media figures, or folks like you, generally identify one of three influ-ences as central: biological, psychological, or cultural. Biological theories define gender as biologically tied to sex and distinctive hormones, brain structures, and genitalia typify each sex.