WMNST 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cisgender, Transsexual, Genderqueer
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Sex differentiation: the anatomical formation of sex during prenatal development. Assigned sex: the label of female or male given to a baby at birth based on appearance of genitals. Sex development has three factors: hormones, genetics, anatomy. Autosomes: 22 non-sex chromosomes in human genome. Sex chromosomes: pair of chromosomes usually designated x and y. More information and research on male sex differentiation. 6 week pregnancy: the sex-differentiation region of the y chromosome (sdy) causes the gene stimulating embryonic sex glands (gonads) to grow and develop into testes. Once testes are formed, they produce androgens. Testes are pair of male sex glands producing sperm starting at puberty. Androgens: steroid hormones produced by the testes that shape male anatomy. 12 to 14 weeks of hormone activity, process is complete. Testosterone: an androgen which stimulates the internal structures of the male sexual anatomy to develop. Dihydrotestosterone: an androgen which causes the penis to grow and testicles to form.
