GENDER IDENTITIES What is your identity Your identity
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GENDER IDENTITIES
What is your identity? • Your identity is your definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of roles, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. So than what is our gender identity?
• Your gender identity is your self-definition as a male or female. It usually begins with biological sex and typically but not always, leads to acceptance of a gender role and expression of a sexual orientation.
But what happens when your mind doesn’t connect to your body?
Gender Dysphoria • State of confusion or dissonance between biological sex and gender identity. Also referred to as Transgender.
Nature Traits, capacities, and limitations that each individual inherits genetically from his or her parents at the moment of conception. Nurture Environmental influences that affect development after and individual is conceived.
David Reimer • Example that sexual identities are not socially determined but rather born that way. • Born a twin male named Bruce until circumcision went wrong and penis was burnt off. • Bruce was raised as Brenda, a girl, by his parents and peers. • His mind was never connected to being a girl, even though the mother pushed cooking, sewing and dolls.
Jazzy • Jazzy has been diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria. • Was born a biological male who feels, thinks and acts like a female. • Clear statistics on how frequent Gender Dysphoria occurs are nearly impossible to obtain.
