BHAN155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Zoonosis, Immunodeficiency, Secondary Sex Characteristic
7 Apr 2016
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Sexual identity: is the recognition of oneself as a sexual being. Secondary sex characteristics- things you see during puberty: facial hair, hips, breasts. Gender: the psychological condition of being feminine or masculine as defined by the society in which ones lives. Gender roles- behavior to express maleness or femaleness. Gender-role stereotyping- what society says males and females need to do. Androgyny- can"t tell, blended male and female identity. Transgendered- when sex and gender don"t match, but okay with that. Transsexual- do not like the sense you are born as. Heterosexual: attracted to members of opposite sex. Homosexual: attracted to members of same sex. Pathogens: disease causing agents are found in air and food and on nearly every object/person. Epidemic: disease outbreak that affects many people in a community or region at the same time. Virulent: strong enough to overcome host resistance and cause disease. Direct contact- kissing or touching infected person. Indirect contact- touching something that infected person has touched.
