Human Sexuality & Gender Expression

In general, gender and sex are complex phenomena that impact human sexuality. For both males and females gender expression, sexual identity, and sexual orientation exist in a complex dynamic that is far removed from conventional either/or notions of these concepts. As Nangeroni (2006) argues, ôIt works best to think of all effects û sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual identity, and any others û as varying along a continuous spectrum of self-expression, rather than in just one of two or three waysö (p. 1). This analysis will discuss the ways that gender identity or expression impacts an individualÆs sexual orientation.

Sexual orientation equates to which sex an individual is romantically or sexually attracted to, such as heterosexual (opposite sex), homosexual (same sex), or bis

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pseudohermaphroditism is high there are expanded categories of gender and sex expression. As Abramson and Pinkerton (2002) report: In a three-sex system, with its fuzzier boundaries, the personÆs sex and identity are reckoned in relation to a more complex sexual code and social field having three alternative socialization regimes and outcomes, each of which is known to be historically coherent male, female, and hermaphroditic. (p. 127) Unlike most western cultures, those who are hermaphroditic are not viewed as aberrant men trying to be women or women trying to be men but as a distinct third gender. The importance of this is that those who are hermaphroditic do not face the social ostracism or prejudice associated with U.S. culture and its view toward hermaphrodites. Likewise, hermaphrodites in these cultures are offered a full range of rights comparable to men and women. The fields of medicine and psychology are often guilty of reinforcing ôeither/orö conceptions of attributes like gender expression, sex identity and sexual orientation that can be limiting and damaging to individuals whose expression across these attributes does not fit into such rigidly defined notions. Wilson (2005) argues that ôAlthough human sexual
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