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| The psychological state of being female or being male, as influenced by cultural concepts of gender-appropriate behavior; compare and contrast the concept of gender with anatomic sex, which is based on the physical differences between females and males |
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| The process by which children acquire behavior that is deemed appropriate to their sex |
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The process by which males and females develop distinct reproductive anatomy |
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| One of the rodlike structures, found in the nucleus of every living cell, that carries the genetic code in the form of genes |
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| A fertilized ovum (egg cell) |
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The stage of prenatal development that begins with implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus and concludes with development of the major organ systems at about two months after conception |
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| The male sex hormone that fosters the development of male sex characteristics and is connected with the sex drive |
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| A fetal canal that connects the scrotum and the testes; from roots meaning "hidden testes" |
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A sex chromosome disorder caused by an extra X sex chromosome |
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| One's belief that one is male or female |
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| The labeling of a newborn as a male or female; also termed gender assignment |
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| A person who possesses the gonads of one sex but external genitalia that are ambiguous or typical of the other sex; also termed pseudohermaphrodite |
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| A person who possesses both ovarian and testicular tissue; from the names of the male and female Greek gods Hermes and Aphrodite |
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| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic female has internal female sexual structures but mascunilized external genitals |
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| Androgen insensitivity syndrome |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic male is prenatally insensitive to androgens such that his genitals are not normally mascunilized |
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| Dominican Republic syndrome |
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| A form of intersexualism in which a genetic enzyme disorder prevents testosterone from mascunilizing the external genitalia |
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| A condition in which people strongly desire to be of the other sex and live as a person of the other sex; referred to as Gender Identity Disorder by the American Psychiatric Association |
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1. A synonym for transsexualism; 2. An activist movement seeking rights and pride for transgendered individuals (form many in the trans movement, the label transgender encompasses not only transsexuals but also anyone identifying or behaving in a manner that runs counter to expected societal norms concerning the gender assigned to them at birth, i.e. dragqueens, cross-dressers, transvestites, etc...) |
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| A sense of incongruity between one's anatomic sex and one's gender identity |
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| Extremely feminine gay men who seek sex reassignment |
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| Descriptive of transsexuals who are sexually stimulated by fantasies that their own bodies are female; from roots meaning 'self," "woman," and "love" or "desire" |
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The surgical creation of an artificial penis |
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A fixed, conventional idea about a group of people |
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| complex clusters of behavioral expectations for males and females |
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| The prejudgement that, because of his or her sex, a person will possess negative traits |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, the process of incorporating within ourselves our perceptions of the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of others |
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| According to psychoanalytic theory, a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love |
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| The process of guiding people into socially acceptable behavior patterns by means of information, rewards, and punishments |
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| Concept; a way of interpreting experience or processing information |
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The concept that people retain their genders for a lifetime |
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| The concept that people's genders do not change, even if they alter their dress or behavior |
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| A cluster of mental representations about male and female physical qualities, behaviors, and personality traits |
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| A state characterized by possession of both stereotypical masculine traits and stereotypical feminine traits |
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