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Sex
An individuals membership in one of the two biological categories, male or female
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Gender
Refers to the physical, behavioral, and personality traits considered normal for males and females
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Sexuality
Refers to the desire, sexual preference, sexual identity, and behavior
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Essentialists
Believe gender roles are tied to biology and cannot change
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Interactionalists
Emphasize how gender is socially constructed, maintained, and reproduced in life
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Intersexed / Hermaphrodite
About 1 in 1,000 are born intersexed/hermaphroditic, which means having an abnormal chromosomal makeup and mixed or indeterminate male/female characteristics
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Gender Role Socialization
Lifelong process of learning to be masculine or feminine, primarily through four main agents of socialization : family, school, peers, and media
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"Doing Gender"
Following rules and behaviors that are expected of us as males and females
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Gender Roles
Sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as male or female
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