ANTH 331 – Final || QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
Gender Identity correct answers reflects a persons subjectively felt experiences of being
masculine, feminine, or ambivalent
Gender Expression correct answers how someone performs their gender; the external
behaviors and characteristics that someone uses to express themselves as masculine, feminine
or another gender outside of the 2 gender system
Trans correct answers the term refers in a general way to people who either transition
between physical sexes and or love between genders
Two components of Trans correct answers 1)individuals may be assigned male or female at
birth but identify with the other sex and need to change their appearance and/or medically
transitions to reflect the person they understand themselves to be
2)Individuals might not really see themselves as fully male or fully female or at least not
according to social conventions typically attributed to those genders but rather as in between
to some degree or else completely independent
Transgender correct answers an individual who moves away from the gender they were
assigned from birth and cross over the boundaries constructed by their culture to define and
contain gender
transexual correct answers a person who identifies with the other sex and who seeks to
transition to the other sex by means of hormone treatment and sex-reassignment surgery
outdated definition and often rejected by persons who are trans
Gender Dysphoria correct answers discomfort or conflict regarding ones assigned sex and the
gender in which one identifies (incongruity between ones anatomy and gender identity)
classified as medical diagnosis (more about feelings than body image) but clear thinking
body dysmorphia correct answers a body image disorder characterized by persistent and
intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance classified as an
anxiety disorder but unclear thinking
Transitioning correct answers refers to a host of activities that people may pursue in order to
affirm their gender identity and may or may not include physical changes to their body like
surgeries and medications
gender confirming surgeries correct answers refers to surgical alteration of anatomy to affirm
one's gender identity
Non binary correct answers term used by some people who experience their gender identity
and or gender expression as falling outside the categories of man and woman (not a synonym
for transgender or transsexual, completely different)
, trans non binary person correct answers someone who doesn't identify with the sex that was
assigned to them and also has a gender identity that can't be categorized as exclusively male
or female
non binary person correct answers someone who doesn't identify as trans may partially
identify with the sex assigned at birth as well as have a gender identity that can't be
categorized as strictly female or male
Cisgender correct answers someone who's gender identity aligns with the gender and sex
assigned at birth
Cross - Dressing correct answers term for people who wears clothing most often associated
with a different gender
Drag correct answers performance art that plays on gender stereotypes where performers act
out stereotypical gender roles but does not reflect their personal identities
drag king or drag queen
Intersex correct answers refers to a person whose biological/anatomical sex is outside
conventional classifications of male or female
Gonadal intersex correct answers Sexes do not match at the gonadal or genetic level (rare)
1)chromosomes: some might have XX or XY or other variation
2)gonads: person may have both ovarian and testicular tissue
3)external genitalia: external genitals may be ambiguous or may appear to be female or male
External Genitalia correct answers Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
- XX + ovaries + male external genitalia
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)
- XY + testes + female external genitalia
Example of AIS correct answers Maria Patino
Spain's top women's hurdler in 1980's
XY + testes + female external genitalia
body doesn't respond to testosterone
body responds to estrogen
appearance feminine, breasts, no mestruation, gender identity is female
Argentina and gender identity law correct answers In 2012 Argentina pioneered the first law
for gender self-determination, allowing individuals to self - determine their gender identity
and obliging government to respect this, including in its official documents and health care
system
Examples of beyond 2 gender/sex around the world correct answers India = Hijra
Indigenous peoples in NA = two-spirit
Albania = sworn virgins
Afghanistan = bacha posh
Hijra correct answers an ancient population of creative individuals who are born man or
intersex but do not identify as man or woman in India that numbers in the millions
SOLUTIONS!!
Gender Identity correct answers reflects a persons subjectively felt experiences of being
masculine, feminine, or ambivalent
Gender Expression correct answers how someone performs their gender; the external
behaviors and characteristics that someone uses to express themselves as masculine, feminine
or another gender outside of the 2 gender system
Trans correct answers the term refers in a general way to people who either transition
between physical sexes and or love between genders
Two components of Trans correct answers 1)individuals may be assigned male or female at
birth but identify with the other sex and need to change their appearance and/or medically
transitions to reflect the person they understand themselves to be
2)Individuals might not really see themselves as fully male or fully female or at least not
according to social conventions typically attributed to those genders but rather as in between
to some degree or else completely independent
Transgender correct answers an individual who moves away from the gender they were
assigned from birth and cross over the boundaries constructed by their culture to define and
contain gender
transexual correct answers a person who identifies with the other sex and who seeks to
transition to the other sex by means of hormone treatment and sex-reassignment surgery
outdated definition and often rejected by persons who are trans
Gender Dysphoria correct answers discomfort or conflict regarding ones assigned sex and the
gender in which one identifies (incongruity between ones anatomy and gender identity)
classified as medical diagnosis (more about feelings than body image) but clear thinking
body dysmorphia correct answers a body image disorder characterized by persistent and
intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance classified as an
anxiety disorder but unclear thinking
Transitioning correct answers refers to a host of activities that people may pursue in order to
affirm their gender identity and may or may not include physical changes to their body like
surgeries and medications
gender confirming surgeries correct answers refers to surgical alteration of anatomy to affirm
one's gender identity
Non binary correct answers term used by some people who experience their gender identity
and or gender expression as falling outside the categories of man and woman (not a synonym
for transgender or transsexual, completely different)
, trans non binary person correct answers someone who doesn't identify with the sex that was
assigned to them and also has a gender identity that can't be categorized as exclusively male
or female
non binary person correct answers someone who doesn't identify as trans may partially
identify with the sex assigned at birth as well as have a gender identity that can't be
categorized as strictly female or male
Cisgender correct answers someone who's gender identity aligns with the gender and sex
assigned at birth
Cross - Dressing correct answers term for people who wears clothing most often associated
with a different gender
Drag correct answers performance art that plays on gender stereotypes where performers act
out stereotypical gender roles but does not reflect their personal identities
drag king or drag queen
Intersex correct answers refers to a person whose biological/anatomical sex is outside
conventional classifications of male or female
Gonadal intersex correct answers Sexes do not match at the gonadal or genetic level (rare)
1)chromosomes: some might have XX or XY or other variation
2)gonads: person may have both ovarian and testicular tissue
3)external genitalia: external genitals may be ambiguous or may appear to be female or male
External Genitalia correct answers Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
- XX + ovaries + male external genitalia
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)
- XY + testes + female external genitalia
Example of AIS correct answers Maria Patino
Spain's top women's hurdler in 1980's
XY + testes + female external genitalia
body doesn't respond to testosterone
body responds to estrogen
appearance feminine, breasts, no mestruation, gender identity is female
Argentina and gender identity law correct answers In 2012 Argentina pioneered the first law
for gender self-determination, allowing individuals to self - determine their gender identity
and obliging government to respect this, including in its official documents and health care
system
Examples of beyond 2 gender/sex around the world correct answers India = Hijra
Indigenous peoples in NA = two-spirit
Albania = sworn virgins
Afghanistan = bacha posh
Hijra correct answers an ancient population of creative individuals who are born man or
intersex but do not identify as man or woman in India that numbers in the millions
