Gender

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what is sex?
Sex refers to the biological differences between males and females including chromosomes,hormones and anatomy
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What is gender?
Gender refers to the psychological and cultural differences between males and females including attitudes, behaviours and social roles.
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what are sex-role stereotypes?
A set of beliefs and preoccupied ideas about what is expected or appropriate for males and females in a given society.
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what is androgyny?
Displaying a balance of masculine and feminine characteristics in one's personality.
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How is androgyny measured?
It is meaured using the BEM Sex Role Inventory(BSRI). This was the first systematic attempt to measure androgyny using a rating scale of 60 traits (20 masculine,20 feminine and 20 neutral) to produce scores across two dimensions: masculinity-f
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Gender refers to the psychological and cultural differences between males and females including attitudes, behaviours and social roles.

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What is gender?

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A set of beliefs and preoccupied ideas about what is expected or appropriate for males and females in a given society.

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Displaying a balance of masculine and feminine characteristics in one's personality.

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It is meaured using the BEM Sex Role Inventory(BSRI). This was the first systematic attempt to measure androgyny using a rating scale of 60 traits (20 masculine,20 feminine and 20 neutral) to produce scores across two dimensions: masculinity-f

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