Title: Gendered sexuality - Wikipedia
Headings: Gendered sexuality
Gendered sexuality
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Gender and sex in gendered sexuality
Sexual orientation and gendered sexuality
Sociocultural perspective
Social role theory
Sexual double standard
Research
Social constructionism
Research
Objectification theory
Mass media
Health consequences
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Content: A study by McCabe, Tanner & Heiman illustrates that gender, at least in the Western world, informs how we understand and conceive of the construct of sexuality. Their study was aimed to discover how men and women gender their meanings of sex and sexuality, if at all, and their results suggest that men and women do talk about sex and sexuality in gendered terms. The most frequent categories of gendering sex/sexuality conversations were: Sex is only physical for men, and only emotional for women
Sex is more important for men than women
Women's physical appearance is important
Sexual desire and/or pleasure does not significantly apply to women
The researchers also commented that these four areas of gendering sexuality occurred among the participants without any suggestions or hints towards these particular subject areas. The researchers conclusions stated that gender, in some way, dictates how we learn and what we know about sex and sexuality. Sexual orientation and gendered sexuality
See also: Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities and Pansexuality
Although gendered sexuality is often viewed through the constructs of male, female and heterosexuality, it can also be used in regard to other gender and sexual variant individuals such as gender dysphoria or those who identify as transgender, transsexual, intersex, homosexual or bisexual. Sociocultural perspective
The sociocultural perspective of gendered sexuality holds emphasis on the idea that men and women are social beings informed by the social group of which they are a part, and that the social and cultural aspects of these groups influence the traits prescribed to males and females. The sociocultural perspective deems these traits as performative, in opposition to an evolutionary perspective that describes them through notions of essentialism and innateness. When looking at gendered sexuality through a sociocultural lens, behaviour that is considered appropriate will be influenced by four areas of social interactions: