+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Sex |
The biological distinction between males and females |
|
Primary Sex Characteristics |
The genitals; organs used for reproduction. |
|
Secondary Sex Characteristics |
Bodily Development, apart from the genitals, that distinguishes biologivally mature males and females.
For males: lower voice, body hair, more muscles For females, wider hips, milk producing breasts, fatty tissue deposits . |
|
Inter-sexual people |
People whose bodies, (including genitals) have both male and female characteristics
|
|
Transexuals |
People who feel that they are one sex even though biologically they are the other
|
|
Incest taboo |
A norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives
|
|
Sexual orientation |
A person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person
|
|
heterosexuality |
Sexual attraction to someone of the other sex |
|
homosexuality |
Sexual attraction to someone of the same sex
|
|
bisexuality |
Sexual attraction to people of both sexes |
|
asexuality |
A lack of sexual attraction to people of either sex |
|
Homophobia |
Discomfort over close personal interaction with people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
|
|
Pornography |
Sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual arousal
|
|
Prostitution |
The selling of sexual services
|
|
Queer Theory |
A growing body of research findings that challenges the heterosexual bias in U.S. society
|
