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    GENDER AND SOCIETY 50/50 BY MASTER BAIT

    Freud believed that both genders were fundamentally congruent with prephallic development.

    =True

    "A boy's identification with his father enhanced his masculinity, it originated in innate active (or
    masculine) endeavors towards his mother."

    In this context, Freud regarded masculinity as the external gender.

    =False

    Sex are the biological traits that societies use to assign people into either male or female, whether it be
    through genitalia.

    =True

    During the 17th Century, men in Europe would wear high heels to signify their education.

    =False

    Intersexuality describes variations on sex definitions related to ambiguous genitalia, sex organs,
    chromosomes, or hormones.

    =True

    Freud developed his theory of femininity and masculinity from the comparison between the actions of
    the two sexes after that discovery, which is what we now term __________________________.

    =gender role identity

    An individual may refer him/herself as man or woman based on the biological characteristics that he/
    she has.
    =True

    In the patterns of the psychological perspective of gender differences, it is believed that girls are
    spending more time working from age three, while boys are spending more time in school.

    =False

    Gender identity is defined as a personal conception of oneself as male or female (or rarely, both or
    neither).

    =True

    Freud also acknowledged that the Oedipus Complex insight in the processes of growth in girls was
    "unsatisfactory, incomplete, and ambiguous."

    =True

    Penis envy or the masculinity complex was at the core of the female psyche in Freud's psychology, while
    castration fear was central in the man.

    =True

    The development of sexual characteristics is affected by sociological development through a


    relationship with other people.

    =False

    "Boys play with guns and cars more than girls do in school."

    This is a cultural explanation of gender differences.

    =False

    The term, gender, is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to
    established ideas of male and female.

    =True
    Freud believed that the reaction to the discovery of sexual differentiation was crucial not only for the
    development of female sexuality but also for the creation of those personality traits which he identified
    with femininity: passivity, masochism and narcissism.

    =True

    Since the dawn of the new century, the view and idea of gender have evolved in a contemporary
    understanding of psychology, sociology, and culture based on the human perception of sexual urges and
    emotional attraction.

    =True

    Cis-gender describes people whose biological body they were born into does not match their personal
    gender identity.

    =False

    The usual gonads for Female are ovaries.

    =True

    "Girls engage in more (real and playful) grooming than boys do."

    This is a developmental explanation of gender differences.

    =True

    Transgender and intersexuality in society are sexualities rather than gender categories.

    =False

    Sexuality is about sexual attraction, sexual practices, and identity.

    =True

    In Oxford English Dictionary Gender means “The state of being male and female as expressed by
    biological nature."
    =False

    In Thailand, the “kathoey” or ladyboys are individuals whose sex is male biologically but identify
    themselves eventually as being women.

    =True

    Human reproduction is the process in which human beings produce more human beings similar to
    themselves.

    =True

    The Navajo Nation of Arizona believes in the “two-spirit” which is a belief that there are certain
    individuals born with two genders who both display a feminine and masculine side.

    This culture is from _____________________________.

    =America

    Usually both sexes do not have pubic hair and underam hair.

    =False

    The usual gonads for Female are testes.

    =False

    XX chromosomes in Female is the usual sex chromosomes.

    =True

    Gender segregation patterns in which children play in groups of the same gender, which follow
    disparities in the types of games played, arise at the age of five for several cultures, and even earlier.

    =True
    Having allowed the marriage of two women, the other party being identified as the “female husband,”
    granted that the women are already married to a man. This relationship does not involve intercourse
    but exists for economic reasons.

    This culture is from ____________.

    =Africa

    Traditionally, Gender is viewed as being male or female.

    =True

    Gender examines how society influences our understanding and perception of differences between
    masculinity and femininity is a concept that describes how societies determine and manage sex
    categories; the cultural meanings attached to men and women’s roles; and how individuals understand
    their identities not limited to one gender positions.

    =True

    "The girl replied with the impression that she had been castrated to the discovery of the sexual
    difference, whereupon she adopted the notion of clitoral inferiority and, for the rest of her life, suffered
    from penile envy. The girl kept her mother, who had sent her so insufficiently prepared into the world,
    as responsible for her lack of penis. Then she renounced her mother as an object of love in order to
    obtain a penis and turned libidinally to her boyfriend. However, when she discovered that her castration
    was irreparable, she sought compensation for losing her father's infant."

    What is Freud's conclusion on this scenario?

    =In the boy, castration anxiety resolved the complex of Oedipus, while in the child, castration anxiety led
    to the complex of Oedipus.

    Words such as “roles” and “relationships” are used to signify that Gender does not only include the
    biological characteristics of a person but also the preference of an individual depending on the role the
    individual view his/her gender.

    =True

    The usual level of sex hormones for male is testosterone.


    =True

    If a human shows signs in both sexes, the person is considered an intersex.

    =True

    The World Health Organization released a definition of Gender in 2018 and it states that “Gender refers
    to the biologically constructed characteristics of women and men, such as genitals, body parts, and
    built.”

    =False

    Gender in society is also determined by what an individual feels and does.

    =True

    In the WHO definition, the term, gender is similar from society to society and cannot be changed.

    =False

    The definition of gender now is tagged along with Biological Identity.

    =False

    "Boys start spending more time away from home and from their mothers."

    This gender difference is a biological explanation.

    =False

    XY are not a usual chromosomes for Male.

    =False

    Freud seemed to believe that complete breakdown in women of the Oedipus complex was impossible,
    since the two desires, possessing the penis of the father and getting the child of the father, were
    exceedingly difficult to abandon.
    =True

    In lay man’s term, the traditional meaning of gender is “the thing between the legs” and/or the
    psychological, emotional and sexual attraction towards a member of a different sex.

    =True

    Asexuality is a term used when individuals do feel sexual attraction.

    =False

    Freud believed the Oedipus complex was normally resolved in males and the id became their heir.

    =False

    Sex-different behavioral trends begin to appear clearly in young children during a time when
    _____________________ variation is limited, well before puberty and major secondary gender
    differences form.

    =biological gender

    When people talk about the differences between men and women they are often pertaining to gender
    rather than sex.

    =False

    "The Wodaabe tribe will have men wear make-up, jewelry, and have beautiful attires to dance in front of
    women during a special ritual to attract a partner."

    This culture is from ______________.

    =Nigeria

    Transgender people usually undergo a gender transition that may involve changing their dress and self-
    presentation.

    =True

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