Glossary G
Glossary G
Gender identity refers to a subjective, but continuous and persistent, sense of ourselves as masculine or feminine.
- Gender identity disorder (GID) : Gender identity disorder (GID) is defined as the condition in which a person believes that he or she was born with the wrong sex's genitals and is fundamentally a person of the opposite sex
Gender intensification refers to a magnification of sex differences early in adolescence ; associated with increased pressure to conform to traditional gender roles.
Gender label means the word boy or girl. It is the first component of Gender identity , in which children learn to refer to themselves as a boy or girl and to identify other children by applying the word correctly.
Gender Nonconformity refer to individuals expressing behavior and attitudes consistently characteristic of the opposite sex.
- Gender or sex role behaviour : Gender or sex role behaviour refers to what people's behaviours are actually like.