SOC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Turner Syndrome, Zygote, David Reimer
12 Nov 2020
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Sex: biologicall determined physical distinction between males and females, chromosomes, hormones, anatomy, reproductive systems, etc, defined in dimorphus terms/dichotomously. Gender: social norms, roles, identities, masculinity and feminity. 46 chromosomes (23 from mom, 23 from dad) 6-8 weeks of gestation: undifferentiated zygote, sexually bi-potential indifferent gonads, both sexes have equivalent internal structures: mesonephric (wolfian) ducts associated with male reproductive structures, paramesonephric (mullerian) ducts associated with female reproductive structures. 7th week of embryonic development is when sex differentiation begins. Both feminization and masculinization occur by 10 weeks. Dichotomous biologically: male, xy, androgens, testes, penis, female, xx, estrogens, ovaries, vagina, opposites and mutually exclusive, secondary sex characteristics (wide hips) Dichotomous culturally: forms, bathrooms, sports, language. Intersex: existing between sexes : general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn"t seem to fit the typical definition of female or male.
