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Lesson 02 What Constitute Sex

This document discusses sex, gender, and sexuality in the Philippines. It defines sex as biological attributes like chromosomes and anatomy. It describes typical sex differences in physiology and anatomy. It also discusses gender roles and stereotypes in society, and how these can influence expectations of personality, domestic duties, occupations, and appearances based on sex. It defines hyperfemininity and hypermasculinity as exaggerated displays of gender stereotypes and how these can be harmful by restricting self-expression.

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Lesson 02 What Constitute Sex

This document discusses sex, gender, and sexuality in the Philippines. It defines sex as biological attributes like chromosomes and anatomy. It describes typical sex differences in physiology and anatomy. It also discusses gender roles and stereotypes in society, and how these can influence expectations of personality, domestic duties, occupations, and appearances based on sex. It defines hyperfemininity and hypermasculinity as exaggerated displays of gender stereotypes and how these can be harmful by restricting self-expression.

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LESSON 02

WHAT CONSTITUTE SEX

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

• To discuss the context of sex, sexuality, and gender


following the Philippine social norms.
• To discuss how stereotypes, determine gender roles in the
Philippines Society
• To Discuss the difference between Femininity and
masculinity

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: (OPTIONAL)

• To identify and define the anatomical characteristic of the


human reproductive system

• To understand the role of the human reproductive organ and


its importance
WHAT CONSTITUTES SEX?

Sex refers to a set of biological attributes in humans and


animals. It is primarily associated with physical and
physiological features including chromosomes, gene expression,
hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy.
SEX-BASED DIFFERENCES IN NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY/ANATOMICAL SCIENCE

• One of the consequences of differences in genetic


attributes and circulating levels of sex steroid hormones
is that there are structural/morphological differences
between males and females.

The differences between the sexes in body composition


are well known: males typically have proportionately more
muscle mass, more bone mass, and a lower percentage of body
fat than women.

• What is less commonly recognized is that there are


structural/morphological differences between adult males
and females for many (if not all) organ systems that can
have a significant impact on physiological function.

For example, sex differences in lung size have


important consequences. Men have larger lungs, wider
airways, and greater lung diffusion capacity than women,
even when these values are normalized to height. An
important consequence of this structural difference is that
in contrast to healthy young men, maximal exercise capacity
may be limited by pulmonary capacity in women, especially
as they age.

• There are multiple differences between women and men in


terms of their normal cardiovascular function. For example,
men have significantly greater left ventricular mass and
chamber size than women. Because the left ventricular
ejection fraction is the same in both sexes, the stroke
volume is larger in men than in women.
GENDER/SEX IS DETERMINED BASED ON SOCIETAL STEREOTYPES

Our society has a set of ideas about how we expect men and women
to dress, behave, and present themselves.

What are gender roles?

• Gender roles in society mean how we’re expected to act,


speak, dress, groom, and conduct ourselves based upon our
assigned sex. For example, girls and women are generally
expected to dress in typically feminine ways and be polite,
accommodating, and nurturing. Men are generally expected
to be strong, aggressive, and bold.

• Every society, ethnic group, and culture has gender role


expectations, but they can be very different from group to
group. They can also change in the same society over time.
For example, blue used to be considered a masculine color
while pink was considered feminine.

How do gender stereotypes affect people?

A stereotype is a widely accepted judgment or bias about a person


or group — even though it’s overly simplified and not always
accurate. Stereotypes about gender can cause unequal and unfair
treatment because of a person’s gender. This is called sexism.

There are four basic kinds of gender stereotypes:

• Personality traits — For example, women are often expected


to be accommodating and emotional, while men are usually
expected to be self-confident and aggressive.

• Domestic behaviors — For example, some people expect that


women will take care of the children, cook, and clean the
home, while men take care of finances, work on the car, and
do the home repairs.

• Occupations — Some people are quick to assume that teachers


and nurses are women and that pilots, doctors, and
engineers are men.

• Physical appearance — For example, women are expected to


be thin and graceful, while men are expected to be tall and
muscular. Men and women are also expected to dress and
groom in ways that are stereotypical of their gender (men
wearing pants and short hairstyles, women wearing dresses
and make-up.
HYPER FEMININITY VS HYPERMASCULINITY

• Hyper femininity is the exaggeration of stereotyped


behavior that’s believed to be feminine. Hyperfeminine
folks exaggerate the qualities they believe to be feminine.
This may include being passive, naive, sexually
inexperienced, soft, flirtatious, graceful, nurturing, and
accepting.

• Hypermasculinity is the exaggeration of stereotyped


behavior that’s believed to be masculine. Hypermasculine
folks exaggerate the qualities they believe to be
masculine. They believe they’re supposed to compete with
other men and dominate feminine folks by being aggressive,
worldly, sexually experienced, insensitive, physically
imposing, ambitious, and demanding.

• These exaggerated gender stereotypes can make relationships


between people difficult. Hyperfeminine folks are more
likely to endure physical and emotional abuse from their
partners. Hypermasculine folks are more likely to be
physically and emotionally abusive to their partners.

• Extreme gender stereotypes are harmful because they don’t


allow people to fully express themselves and their
emotions. For example, it’s harmful to masculine folks to
feel that they’re not allowed to cry or express sensitive
emotions. And it’s harmful to feminine folks to feel that
they’re not allowed to be independent, smart or assertive.
Breaking down gender stereotypes allows everyone to be
their best selves.

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