Table of contents
Differentiating between sex and gender
Different approaches towards studying gender and gender identity
Complexity of gender and gender identity
Descriptive Data
Predictive Data
Explanatory Data
Archival Research
Research Ethics
Typical sex development
Sex chromosomes
Gestational period
Wollfian and Müllerian ducts
Sex hormones
Stages of fetal development
Intersexuality
Hermaphroditism
Chromosomal abnormalities
Klinefelter’s syndrome
Turner’s syndrome
Trisomy X syndrome
Super male syndrome
Hormonal abnormalities
Androgen insensitivity syndrome
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Psychoanalytic Approaches
Freud-Psychosexual stages of development
Horney-emphasis on social values; womb envy
Social and Cognitive Theories
Bandura-Social Learning Theory
Kohlberg-Cognitive Developmental Theory
Bem-Gender Schema Theory
Gender Dysphoria
Sources of modern gender stereotypes
The Cult of True Womanhood
Masculine Ideology
Function of gender stereotyping
Revising modern gender stereotypes
Introduction
Method
Design
Procedure
Results
References
Biological sex
Intersexuality