[Music] in recent years there have been new findings that have radically changed the way many of us view sexuality and gender today's youth will have a new and prejudiced free understanding of these topics that's great but what about the rest of us who have completed our formal education we're already being taught outdated sex ed programming in the United States 80% of schools are failing government standards for sex ed in turn this lack of education has resulted in the ignorance and mistreatment of trans and gender non-conforming individuals let's take a look at sex gender and orientation here's a brief look of their differences what we can change and what we can't sex sex is what lies between our legs it is the physiology we are born with our sex consists of our biological makeup which can include things like our genitals our secondary sex characteristics our placement of body hair hip width our hair lines and our chromosomal makeup as you might know your chromosomal makeup can determine sex characteristics that are typical of males or females the problem with relying solely on science to determine someone's gender biology can be tricky having male or female typical chromosomes doesn't always lead to the secondary sex characteristics typical to that sex people with male typical XY chromosomal combinations may actually exhibit female characteristics instead this contrast between makeup and characteristics is what many call intersex intersex individuals often do not fit typical definitions of male or female bodies gender gender is a construct I know we've all heard this before we hear people say it all the time but what does it actually mean well it means gender is what we make it out to be our genders consist of two things the first is our gender identity this is what we think about ourselves and how we interpret gender the second is our gender expression ginger expression is how we demonstrate our gender in our behaviors mannerisms and forms of dress gender also consists of the societal expectations and stereotypes we place on people we often base these expectations off of their sex characteristics you may have heard of some of these typical stereotypes pink for girls blue for boys action figures versus dolls long hair versus buzz cuts women must be feminine while men must be masculine this is not to discredit or disrespect any girly girls or manly men out there many of us feel comfortable in our expected genders and that's perfectly okay but of course there are a number of people who don't want to adhere to every norm different people view and express their gender differently there are some people who do not identify with the gender role the world has given them and so they identify as another these are transgender people there are also people who prefer to have both or neither of the traditional men women gender titles these are non-binary or genderqueer people orientation orientation is about who we like orientation is about the sex gender combination or lack thereof that we are most attracted to most people are heterosexual they are attracted to people of the opposite gender homosexual people are attracted to those of the same gender bisexual people are attracted to people of both genders some people couldn't care less about gender to some it's all about the appeal of masculine or feminine energy some people are pansexual this means that they are capable of falling for someone regardless of their sex or gender presentation a lot of people seem to think this one's a choice but we all just feel what we feel our urges our innate and made subconsciously the only choice anyone has about who they fall for is the choice to pursue them or not please remember these definitions are brief and sexuality is fast and complicated some of this is obvious to many of you but considering the statistics we have on sex education today a lot of us may benefit from this information if you'd like to see more on this topic you can view the full article using the link below psych to go has a new LGBT section dedicated to more topics like this one interested head on over to psych to go yet for more do you have any opinions of your own about sex gender and orientation is there a video you would like to see psyched to go make let us know in the comments below remember to subscribe to psych to go for more updates on more content hey everybody I just want to give a personal thank you video for you guys for always supporting site to go and making this all possible for us our vision is to make psychology as accessible as possible so that it promotes self-awareness and it helps you guys grow however we want to make more content for you guys and would love your support and buying one of these bracelets for my partner introvert Pallas check out the bracelet it's pretty cool and it even includes Pluto the link to purchase will all be in the description below and I hope you guys have an amazing day bye