Unit 5

Gender & Sexuality

UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Define the terms male, female, and intersex.
  • Discuss different conceptualization of sex from binary to five-sexes.
  • Distinguish between the concepts of sex and gender
  • Understand the notion of gender as a social construct
  • Understand the gender binary and what it means to be gender non-normative
  • Distinguish between the traditional masculine and feminine gender roles
  • Understand gender related terms and their meanings.
  • Understand the differences between Feminine and Masculine Speech Communities
  • Understand differences in behavior that are ascribed to differences in gender performativity

Table of Contents

MODULE 1: Sex and Gender: Two Separate Concepts

  • Sex
  • Female
  • Male
  • Intersex
  • Gender as Performativity
  • Masculine performativity
  • Feminine performativity
  • Gender roles

MODULE 2: Sexuality and Interpersonal Communication

  • Sexuality
  • Recent History of Sexuality

MODULE 3: Gendered Differences in Communication

  • Nonverbal gender communication
  • Gendered verbal communication
  • Speech communities
  • Feminine speech communities
  • Masculine speech communities

contributors

Tim Appignani, Shannon DeBord, Marcus Hassell