Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol.5, No.10
Publication Date: Oct. 25, 2018
DoI:10.14738/assrj.510.5207.
Ribeiro, M. P., Moreira, D., Coelho, R., Pereira, A., & Almeida, F. (2018). Gender Identity. Advances in Social Sciences Research
Journal, 5(10) 10-29.
Copyright © Society for Science and Education, United Kingdom 10
Gender Identity
Maria Patrícia Ribeiro
Magalhães Lemos Hospital
Diana Moreira
University of Porto
Maia University Institute
Rui Coelho
University of Porto
Altamiro Pereira
University of Porto
Fernando Almeida
University of Porto
Maia University Institute
AUTHOR NOTE
Maria Patrícia Ribeiro, Magalhães Lemos Hospital (Portugal). Diana Moreira, Laboratory of
Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto,
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Maia University Institute, and Portucalense
Institute of Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences (Portugal).
Fernando Almeida, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Maia University Institute and
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto (Portugal).
The authors do not have financial, personal, or professional conflicts of interests. The study
was conducted according to APA ethical standards.
The authors would like to express their deepest appreciation to Professor Amílcar Augusto for
his held dear input and encouragement.
ABSTRACT
The aim was to contribute to future research on Gender Identity associated with other
domains of human reality, while looking to not forget that, over time, it was an essential
topic in Arts and Sciences, reflecting a curiosity to define, interpret, and research
“representations” of masculine and feminine roles regarding the “actors” (men or
women) of the “acts”, as well as their “spectators” (the other men and women, who are
all of us). Currently, there seems to be an intensifying of undifferentiation of the roles
assigned to Gender, a kind of androgyny, though without this meaning the existence of
internal resonance of this undifferentiation, as if one walked towards a narcissistic
society, as if it were mental hermaphroditism.
Keywords: gender identity, gender, sex roles, development, systems of observation/analysis