Greetings, earthlings'

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Greetings, earthlings. We have noticed that there
are two sorts of human, women and men. How are
they different?
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Todays session
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What do you think these terms mean?

• Sex
• Gender
• Sex-role stereotype

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Gender terminology

• Sex biological characteristics of a person
  (genes/chromosomes reproductive anatomy)
• Male female
• Gender psychological or behavioural
  characteristics of a person relating to their sex
  (ways of thinking, feeling, acting)
• Masculine feminine
• Sex-role stereotypes widely held beliefs about
  expected or appropriate ways of acting for men
  and women

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• From the list we made earlier select one example
  of a sex difference, one example of a gender
  difference, and one example of a sex-role
  stereotype.

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Androgyny

• Andros male
• Gyne female

Annie Lennox. Source unknown.
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Androgyny (Bem, 1974)

• Masculinity and femininity are independent traits
• They are not inevitably linked to sex
• A person can score high or low on either or both

High High
femininity
masculinity
Low Low
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Androgyny

• Why did Bem (1975) find that androgynous people
  were more psychologically healthy?
• How far does it matter that the BSRI was based on
  the views of US Americans in the 1970s?
• The BSRI is a quantitative, self-report measure.
  Does this raise any validity concerns?