PSY 3122 Lecture 10: Feb 10
10 Feb 2017
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In 2011 intactivists in the us fought to have what practice banned: male circumcision **** babies have rights to keep their body intact***, labiaplasty, female circumcision, castration, sexual organization. Hormones can be grouped into three classes: Derived from amino acids link between the nervous system and reproduction. Many animals produce hormones based on the season and affect mating behaviour. Human birth rates are highest in late summer and autumn and lowest in late winter and early spring. People have the most sex during the time that the nights are the longest. Could be seasonal like the animals, or situational. Feb 10, 2017 reproductive system though the hpg axis. The pituitary and the hypothalamus communicate with each other and with the gonads via hormones. The development of secondary sex characteristics: males develop facial hair, muscle mass, etc, females develop breasts and an increase in fat tissue, etc. In puberty is when males/females begin to diverge in strength.
