GENDER IDENTITY

Gender Identity



Out line

Introduction

The paper discuses about the gender identity the Gender identity can refer to either sexual orientation or sexual identity.

Discussion

In discussion, following sub topics will be covered;

Gender Orientation as Identity

Gender identity can refer to either sexual orientation or sexual identity.

Stages of life and gender Identity

Infancy stage

Childhood Stage

Adholencent stage

Homosexuality and Heterosexuality

Heterosexuality initially was defined as a category of perversion in which someone desired persons of the opposite sex to an abnormal degree.

The Role of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis has participated in the conflation of sexual and gender identities by insisting that gender and sexual identities are related and that those identities are achieved through a process of identification.

Identity Politics

Individual identity groups might forge solidarity in cross-identity alliances: Lesbians and gay men who oppose mainstream politics

Gender identity and the Law

The U.S. military considers homosexuality incompatible with military service and routinely discharges servicemen and servicewomen if they are ousted or reveal themselves to be gay.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the paper concludes that there are different types of genetic chromosomes which creates differentiate in the genes, and the genders are identified on the basis of the arrangement of chromosomes.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

Gender Orientation as Identity2

Stages of life and gender Identity3

Development of Infancy3

Development of Child hood4

Development of Adolescent4

Other Identifications5

Homosexuality and Heterosexuality5

The Role of Psychoanalysis6

Identity Politics8

Gender identity and the Law10

Conclusion11

References12

Gender Identity

Introduction

Gender identity can refer to either sexual orientation or sexual identity. Gender orientation, the first and more common meaning of the term, assumes that a person's sexual practices define that person in a crucial way. The definition of gender identity as gender identity is used predominantly by medical practitioners to describe a person's gender, regardless of that person's sexual practices. Under the first definition if a woman who desires other women interprets her sexual activities as lesbian and identifies herself with that label, she has a gender identity as a lesbian. Under the second definition she may prefer sex with other women, but if she identifies herself as a woman, her gender identity is female.

“Identity is a central task that begins in infancy and ends with the culmination of one's life. Its role in adolescent development has been particularly important as youth come to know and define themselves in ways that were not possible during their childhood” (Calvert, 2005).

Discussion

Both sociologists and psychologists define gender identity as the differing cultural and social roles that men and women inhabit, as well as the ways in which individuals experience those roles, both internally and in terms of the ways they present themselves to the world through their manner of dress, behavior, physical comportment, and so forth. Both distinguish between a person's biological sex (male or female) and gender identity (masculine or feminine).

Gender Orientation as Identity

Gender identity as sexual orientation assumes that something crucial is known about an individual if one knows his or her sexual practices. The historian Michel Foucault argued that this conflation of sexual activity and social character began taking shape in the nineteenth century. In that era gender identity was an effect of the "persecution of the ...