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SEX VS GENDER • MISCONCEPTIONS • GENETIC SEX DETERMINES GENDER • GENDER IS BIOLOGICAL • MALE ALWAYS =XY FEMALE ALWAYS = XX • (I WILL EXPLAIN ALL OF THESE THINGS)

SEX VS GENDER Sex • Female/Intersex/Male • Biological • Hormones, structures, organs • Genetic • Chromosomal Gender • • • Identity and Expression Non binary Social construct Cultural differences NOT biological MANY types

SEX VS GENDER • SEX • BIOLOGICAL • INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ORGANS, HORMONES • GENETIC – XX, XY, XO, XXY, XXX, XYY • CHROMOSOMAL DETERMINATION

SEX VS GENDER BIOLOGICAL SEX • INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ORGANS, HORMONES

SEX VS GENDER • GENETIC SEX • • XX, XY, AND MANY OTHER VARIANCES FEMALE, INTERSEX

SEX VS GENDER • GENETIC SEX • • • SPERM + EGG = BABY(XY OR XX) XX – DEVELOP FEMALE PARTS XY – DEVELOP MALE PARTS DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN THIS WAY SPERM/EGG MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEX CHROMOSOMES

SEX VS GENDER • CHROMOSOMAL VARIATION • “NON DISJUNCTION” OF SEX CHROMOSOMES • HAPPENS IN SPERM AND EGGS • LEADS TO OTHER COMBOS OFX AND Y • X IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE AND THE NATURAL DEFAULT IS FEMALE

SEX VS GENDER

SEX VS GENDER

SEX VS GENDER • HORMONAL VARIATIONS • ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY • XY GENETIC SEX BUT DEVELOP AS FEMALE • PARTIAL VARIANCE – DEVELOP AS MALE BUT WITH STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES

SEX VS GENDER Not Binary Identity Gender Physical Expression Social Construct

SEX VS GENDER Non-binary Agender Gender fluid Gender neutral Gender queer Transgender Gender • UMBRELLA TERMS TO DESCRIBE • NON NORMATIVE GENDERS • SEX-GENDER EXPRESSION • GENDER IDENTITIES Cisgender

SEX VS GENDER

SEX VS GENDER

SEX VS GENDER • SOCIETAL ISSUES • NON CIS GENDERS SEEN AS “WRONG” • NON CIS GENDERS SEEN AS “LESSER” • NON CIS GENDERS SEEN AS NOT REALLY WOMAN/MAN • NON CIS GENDERS MISUNDERSTOOD • NON CIS GENDERS SEEN AS “BROKEN” • NON CIS GENDERS SEEN AS A “CHOICE”

SEX VS GENDER • DEPRESSION & ANXIETY IN GENDER MINORITES • HIGH LEVEL OF DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS • SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL • GENDER IDENTITY IS UNDERSTUDIED • MANY ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION STUDIES IN THE PAST HAVE LEFT OUT NON CIS GENDERS • SCIENCE IS GROWING IN THIS FIELD

SEX VS GENDER • WHAT CAN WE DO? • RESPECT PEOPLE’S GENDER • ASK WHAT PRONOUNS THEY PREFER • UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT • DIFFERENT DOESN’T MEAN WRONG OR BROKEN • ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY ARE • KINDNESS IS FREE

SEX VS GENDER Sex • Female/Intersex/Male • Biological • Hormones, structures, organs • Genetic • Chromosomal Gender • • • Identity and Expression Non binary Social construct Cultural differences NOT biological MANY types

SEX VS GENDER S ! OURCES 1. HTTP: //WWW. SCIENCEDIRECT. COM/SCIENCE/ARTICLE/PIIS / 1054139 X 163 00349 2. HTTP: //PSYCNET. APA. ORG/RECORD/2016 -29531 -001 3. HTTP: //PSYCNET. APA. ORG/RECORD/2015 -39781 -007 4. HTTPS: //WWW. PSYCHOLOGYTODAY. COM/BLOG/THE-HOW-AND-WHY-SEXDIFFERENCES/201110/SEX-DIFFERENCE-VS-GENDER-DIFFERENCE-OH-IMSO-CONFUSED 5. HTTPS: //WWW. APA. ORG/PI/LGBT/RESOURCES/SEXUALITY-DEFINITIONS. PDF 6. IMAGES VIA GOOGLE SEARCH

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