NURS 371 PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Ally
An individual from an agent or hegemonic group who rejects the dominant ideology and takes action
based on the belief that eliminating oppression will benefit both agents and targets of oppression
Androgynous
Having and/or displaying both feminine and masculine feelings and behaviors regardless of sexual
orientation or gender
Asexual
a person who has no sexual feelings or desires
Biphobia
The discomfort/fear others feel around bisexual people, and the myths that exists about bisexuality.
Bisexuality is often misperceived as an invalid sexual identity. Bisexual people are not only stigmatized
by heterosexual people, but also by lesbian and gay people, because they "blur the boundaries between
insider and outsider."
Gender
the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female
Culturally associated with maleness or femaleness. Gender is to "masculine" and "feminine," as sex is to
"male" and "female."
Gender Fluid
denoting or relating to a person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed gender.
Gender Expression
the way in which a person expresses their gender identity, typically through their appearance, dress, and
behavior.
For example, regardless of their body or what they claim as gender identity, if a person dresses and acts
in a manner that is consistent with society's definition of being female, that person is expressing a
female gender.
Gender Identity
the individual's sense of being male or female (psychologically)
For example: how they experience themselves to be (as a woman, as a man, as masculine, as feminine,
as a combination, or as neither)
, Gender Normative
Noting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with that person's biological sex
assigned at birth. Also known as "cisgender."
Gender Role
role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing
cultural norms.
Genderqueer
An individual who identifies as being both man and woman, as being neither man nor woman, or as
falling completely outside the gender binary. They may express a combination of masculinity and
femininity, one or the other, or neither.
Heterosexism
The individual, group, or institutional norms and behaviors that result from the assumption that all
people are heterosexual. This system of oppression, which assumes that heterosexuality is inherently
normal and superior, negates lesbian, gay, and bisexual people's lives and relationships.
Heterosexist Privilege
benefits and advantages heterosexuals receive in a heterosexual culture. Also, the benefits lesbians, gay
men, and bisexual people receive as a result of claiming heterosexual identity, or denying gay, lesbian,
or bisexual identity.
Homophobia
fear, hatred, or intolerance of lesbians, gay men, or any behavior that is outside the boundaries of
traditional gender roles.
Homophobia can be manifested out of fear of association with lesbian or gay people, or being perceived
as lesbian or gay.
Homophobic behavior can range from telling jokes about lesbian and gay people, to physical violence
against people thought to be lesbian or gay.
Intersex
At least one in 2,000 children are born with some degree of ambiguity regarding their primary and/or
secondary sex characteristics. In these cases, medical personnel cannot easily label the child "boy" or
"girl." Most of these children receive cosmetic surgery so that the child's genitalia conform to societal
and familial expectations of "normalcy," even though such surgeries are not medically necessary and can
damage the child's reproductive organs. The number of children born with some degree of intersexuality
is difficult to estimate. Though intersex people are opposed to the word "hermaphrodite," because it is
misleading and stigmatizing, it continues to be widely used in the medical profession.
"possessing characteristics of both sexes"
LATEST UPDATE ALREADY GRADED A+
Ally
An individual from an agent or hegemonic group who rejects the dominant ideology and takes action
based on the belief that eliminating oppression will benefit both agents and targets of oppression
Androgynous
Having and/or displaying both feminine and masculine feelings and behaviors regardless of sexual
orientation or gender
Asexual
a person who has no sexual feelings or desires
Biphobia
The discomfort/fear others feel around bisexual people, and the myths that exists about bisexuality.
Bisexuality is often misperceived as an invalid sexual identity. Bisexual people are not only stigmatized
by heterosexual people, but also by lesbian and gay people, because they "blur the boundaries between
insider and outsider."
Gender
the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female
Culturally associated with maleness or femaleness. Gender is to "masculine" and "feminine," as sex is to
"male" and "female."
Gender Fluid
denoting or relating to a person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed gender.
Gender Expression
the way in which a person expresses their gender identity, typically through their appearance, dress, and
behavior.
For example, regardless of their body or what they claim as gender identity, if a person dresses and acts
in a manner that is consistent with society's definition of being female, that person is expressing a
female gender.
Gender Identity
the individual's sense of being male or female (psychologically)
For example: how they experience themselves to be (as a woman, as a man, as masculine, as feminine,
as a combination, or as neither)
, Gender Normative
Noting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with that person's biological sex
assigned at birth. Also known as "cisgender."
Gender Role
role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing
cultural norms.
Genderqueer
An individual who identifies as being both man and woman, as being neither man nor woman, or as
falling completely outside the gender binary. They may express a combination of masculinity and
femininity, one or the other, or neither.
Heterosexism
The individual, group, or institutional norms and behaviors that result from the assumption that all
people are heterosexual. This system of oppression, which assumes that heterosexuality is inherently
normal and superior, negates lesbian, gay, and bisexual people's lives and relationships.
Heterosexist Privilege
benefits and advantages heterosexuals receive in a heterosexual culture. Also, the benefits lesbians, gay
men, and bisexual people receive as a result of claiming heterosexual identity, or denying gay, lesbian,
or bisexual identity.
Homophobia
fear, hatred, or intolerance of lesbians, gay men, or any behavior that is outside the boundaries of
traditional gender roles.
Homophobia can be manifested out of fear of association with lesbian or gay people, or being perceived
as lesbian or gay.
Homophobic behavior can range from telling jokes about lesbian and gay people, to physical violence
against people thought to be lesbian or gay.
Intersex
At least one in 2,000 children are born with some degree of ambiguity regarding their primary and/or
secondary sex characteristics. In these cases, medical personnel cannot easily label the child "boy" or
"girl." Most of these children receive cosmetic surgery so that the child's genitalia conform to societal
and familial expectations of "normalcy," even though such surgeries are not medically necessary and can
damage the child's reproductive organs. The number of children born with some degree of intersexuality
is difficult to estimate. Though intersex people are opposed to the word "hermaphrodite," because it is
misleading and stigmatizing, it continues to be widely used in the medical profession.
"possessing characteristics of both sexes"
