Gender Identity
Submitted by gabrielle10 on June 22, 2009
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Gender Identity
Gender Identity is defined as the psychological awareness or sense of being male or female. Axia College Week Two reading Gender Identity and Gender Roles, (2009). Within the scope of gender identity are various types of anatomic and psychological conditions in which an individual experiences either during development in the womb or after birth.
Sex assignment occurs at birth. Sex assignment or gender assignment is when the child’s anatomic sex is revealed at the time of birth. Children as young as 18 months are aware of their gender. At the age of about 36 months, a child may have a sense of gender identity. In most cases, gender identity is consistent with the...
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