Key Takeaways

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There are certain things that determine gender in utero but this does not mean the person will remain that gender until adulthood. • There is a difference between gender roles and gender identity. • There are both biological and cultural or social factors determining gender identity and gender roles. • Children are aware of their gender from the preschool years and have stereotypes about gender that exist from infancy, even if they are rudimentary at that time. • Gender roles have changed greatly over cultures and in different time periods. • There is a difference between gender identity and gender orientation. • Transgender people wish to be of a gender different from their sexual assignment at birth. • Intersex means a person who has ambiguous genitalia from birth.