CDFS 418 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gender Dysphoria, Turner Syndrome, Underarm Hair
25 Mar 2018
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Sex - biologically female or male, based on genetic and anatomical sex. Genetic sex - chromosomal and hormonal sex characteristics. Anatomical sex - our physical sex; gonads, uterus, vulva, vagina, or penis. Gender - social and cultural characteristics associated with being male or female. Prenatal sex differentiation: the prenatal differentiation of each individual into a male or a female depends on two processes. Second, hormones (testosterone) stimulates the development of male genitalia. If there is no testosterone, female genitalia develop: 5-6 weeks after conception, the gonads are differentiated, nature is predisposed toward female development. Klinefelter"s syndrome (xxy: their masculinalization is incomplete and may show some female physical characteristics, these individuals are infertile, testosterone administered at puberty will masculinize the body but does not correct the infertility. Turner syndrome (xo: they are often missing ovaries or have deficient ovaries, they do not develop at puberty unless given synthetic hormones.
