CHAPTER 3 WSS FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cross-dressing - Answer-wear clothing typical of the opposite sex.
Fetishistic transvestitism - Answer-transvestic fetishism A paraphilia of cross-dressing;
clinical question is whether the TF is accompanied by gender dysphoria-persistent
discomfort with present gender role or identity, which if extreme may eventuate in
sexual reassignment. See Sexual reassignment.
Drag performance - Answer-Description Drag queens are performance artists, almost
always male, who dress in women's clothing and often act with exaggerated femininity
and in feminine gender roles with a primarily entertaining purpose. They often
exaggerate make-up such as eyelashes for dramatic, comedic or satirical effect.
Wikipedia
Androgyny - Answer-Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine
characteristics into an ambiguous form. ... When androgyny refers to mixed biological
sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to intersex people. As a gender identity,
androgynous individuals may refer to themselves as non-binary, genderqueer, or
gender neutral.
LGBTQ - Answer-LGBTQ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer or questioning. These terms are used to describe a person's sexual orientation or
gender identity. See below for a more detailed definition of each term, from GLAAD's
LGBTQ Media Reference Guide.
Genderqueer - Answer-adjective
1.
denoting or relating to a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender
distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female
genders.
"the genderqueer community"
noun
1.
a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with
neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders.
"resources for genderqueers"
Machisimo - Answer-strong or aggressive masculine pride.
Misogyny - Answer-dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cross-dressing - Answer-wear clothing typical of the opposite sex.
Fetishistic transvestitism - Answer-transvestic fetishism A paraphilia of cross-dressing;
clinical question is whether the TF is accompanied by gender dysphoria-persistent
discomfort with present gender role or identity, which if extreme may eventuate in
sexual reassignment. See Sexual reassignment.
Drag performance - Answer-Description Drag queens are performance artists, almost
always male, who dress in women's clothing and often act with exaggerated femininity
and in feminine gender roles with a primarily entertaining purpose. They often
exaggerate make-up such as eyelashes for dramatic, comedic or satirical effect.
Wikipedia
Androgyny - Answer-Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine
characteristics into an ambiguous form. ... When androgyny refers to mixed biological
sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to intersex people. As a gender identity,
androgynous individuals may refer to themselves as non-binary, genderqueer, or
gender neutral.
LGBTQ - Answer-LGBTQ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer or questioning. These terms are used to describe a person's sexual orientation or
gender identity. See below for a more detailed definition of each term, from GLAAD's
LGBTQ Media Reference Guide.
Genderqueer - Answer-adjective
1.
denoting or relating to a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender
distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female
genders.
"the genderqueer community"
noun
1.
a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with
neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders.
"resources for genderqueers"
Machisimo - Answer-strong or aggressive masculine pride.
Misogyny - Answer-dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.
