ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Clitoromegaly, Hypospadias
5 Apr 2018
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Facial hair, breast development, height, muscle mass . Skulls: tendency for male to larger and robust and bigger overall size, different ones between ancestral groups, pelvis, primarily changes in female that are associated with the ability to give birth. Sexual dimorphism: there is always a degree of overlap, refer to sexual dimorphism slide in lecture 11. Female and male heights can differ but there are some that overlap: eg. tall females and short males: genital formation, 4 tissues - same set of original tissues. Same set of tissue during growth and development. In some cultures: shifting genders are a normal thing. Sexuality: combination of biological factors, genetics, hormones, production levels, uterine environment, during embryonic development, no strong evidence for, parenting, childhood experiences, social factors affect expression. Important role in the expression of sexual preferences. In charge of their own thing and in charge of the world.
