COLLAB 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hyperplasia, Secondary Sex Characteristic, Phalloplasty
1 Oct 2015
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Know handouts for the test not just notes. Please read this section and make notes. You will be responsible for this section on test 2. *nuture (psychosexually neutral at birth; gender = consequence of nurture)dr. John money doesn"t matter what hormones are in the body, it matters how you raise the child. Gender identity is almost always consistent with chromosomal gender. Gender state of being male or female, is influenced by cultural concepts of gender, appropriate behaviour: theories, nature (hormones , nurture (psychosexually neutral at birth; gender = consequence of nurture ) - dr. john money. Possess gonads of one gender but the external genitalia that are ambiguous or typical of the other gender. Adrenal glands make an unusually high level of male hormones (cortisone production problem) need cortisol. Genetic enzyme disorder prevents testosterone from masculinizing the external genitals. Circumcised at 8mo (penis burned badly) raised as a female, 22 mo testes removed, adolescence- estrogen administered.
