A Developmental Line of Gender Identity, Gender Role, and Choice of Love Object

Bibliographic Data

ID5830520
AuthorsPhyllis Tyson (737 Pearl Street La Jolla, California 92037, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume30
Issue1
Pages61-86
Publication date1982-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306518203000103
PMID6926998
OpenAlexW2103588663
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited23

A schematic overview of the development of male and female gender identity has been presented with an attempt to formulate a developmental line. The steps include: (Table: see text) In discussion of these steps an effort was made to distinguish between core morphological or core gender identity--that is, the primary sense of being male or female, to which other aspects of gender identity are added over the course of development to eventually include a "mix" of masculinity and femininity; gender role identity, which includes the conscious and unconscious mental representations of dialogues with other people vis-à-vis one's gender identity as well as identification with role models; and the separate process of choosing a sexual partner orientation. These separate strands join together and intermingle to make up what we view globally as "gender identity

Gender psychology · Identification · Identity formation · Sexual identity · Gender Roles and Identity Studies