A developmental line of gender identity, gender role, and choice of love object.
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."
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007207:Individuation; D007223:Infant; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011606:Psychosexual Development