sex identity

Japanese: sex identity(英語表記)sexidentity
sex identity

...Furthermore, as we internalize the gender roles expected of us by those around us at each stage of development, by the time we reach adolescence, we will have secondary sexual characteristics, puberty, menarche, and awareness of sexual urges (sexual desires), and will form and establish our self-identity as male or female. This psycho-sexual self-identity is called masculine identity (masculinity) or feminine identity (femininity), and is collectively called gender identity, which is to be distinguished from biological sex identity. The word sex does not only mean the difference between male and female, but also refers to the various phenomena that arise from the difference between male and female.

*Some terminology that mentions "sex identity" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そしてさらにそれぞれの発達段階において周囲の人々が期待する性役割を内面化しつつ,青年期にいたると,二次性徴の発動や精通,初潮,性衝動(性欲)の自覚などともあいまって,男性または女性としての自己同一性を形成,確立するにいたる。この心理‐性的psycho‐sexualな自己同一性を男性的同一性(男らしさ),女性的同一性(女らしさ)と呼び,まとめて性的同一性gender identityといって,生物学的な意味での性同一性sex identityと区別する。 ところで,性ということばは,このような男女(雌雄)の別を意味するだけでなく,男女の別があることから生ずるさまざまな現象をも意味する。…

※「sex identity」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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