GENDER ISSUES
Sex - correct answer-Our biological maleness and femalesness
Gender - correct answer-The psychological and socio-culture characteristics associated with
our sex
Gender Assumptions - correct answer-Assumptions about how people are likely to behave
based on their maleness/femaleness
Gender Identity - correct answer-How one psychologically perceives oneself as either male
or female
Gender Role - correct answer-A collection of attitudes/behaviors that a specific culture
considers normal and appropriate for people of a particular sex
Male should be masculine
Female should be feminine
Sperm - correct answer-Male reproductive cell
Ovum - correct answer-Female reproductive cell
Autosomes - correct answer-the 22 pairs of human chromosomes that do not significantly
influence sex differentiation
Sex Chromosomes - correct answer-A single pair of chromosomes that influence biological
sex influences
Testes - correct answer-Male gonads inside the scrotum that produce sperm and sex
hormones
Ovaries - correct answer-Female gonads that produce ova and sex hormones
Hermaphrodite - correct answer-Person who has both ovarian and testicular tissue in their
bodies. (exceedingly rare)
Intersexed - correct answer-term applied to people who possess biological attributes of both
sexes
Pseudohermaphrodite - correct answer-(much more common: 1 in every 2,000)
person who possess ambiguous internal and external reproductive anatomy--> but are born
with gonads that match their chromosomal sex
Gonads - correct answer-The male/female sex glands
Sex - correct answer-Our biological maleness and femalesness
Gender - correct answer-The psychological and socio-culture characteristics associated with
our sex
Gender Assumptions - correct answer-Assumptions about how people are likely to behave
based on their maleness/femaleness
Gender Identity - correct answer-How one psychologically perceives oneself as either male
or female
Gender Role - correct answer-A collection of attitudes/behaviors that a specific culture
considers normal and appropriate for people of a particular sex
Male should be masculine
Female should be feminine
Sperm - correct answer-Male reproductive cell
Ovum - correct answer-Female reproductive cell
Autosomes - correct answer-the 22 pairs of human chromosomes that do not significantly
influence sex differentiation
Sex Chromosomes - correct answer-A single pair of chromosomes that influence biological
sex influences
Testes - correct answer-Male gonads inside the scrotum that produce sperm and sex
hormones
Ovaries - correct answer-Female gonads that produce ova and sex hormones
Hermaphrodite - correct answer-Person who has both ovarian and testicular tissue in their
bodies. (exceedingly rare)
Intersexed - correct answer-term applied to people who possess biological attributes of both
sexes
Pseudohermaphrodite - correct answer-(much more common: 1 in every 2,000)
person who possess ambiguous internal and external reproductive anatomy--> but are born
with gonads that match their chromosomal sex
Gonads - correct answer-The male/female sex glands
