ANTH 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sexual Differentiation, Bigender, Gender Binary
13 Dec 2018
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Individuals with xy chromosomes are typically referred to as males. Individuals with xx chromosomes are typically referred as females. Individuals with xy sex chromosomes will typically develop a penis and testes. Women with facial hair and men with wide hips and breast tissue. Intersex: umbrella term referring to any form of hermaphroditism. Individual born w/ ambiguous genitalia are reassigned or surgically treated at birth long before able to decide genders for themselves: treatment often mean lose most if not all sensation in sexual organs. Intersex-tend not to agree medical doctors who say they have a condition that requires treatment. Intersex people fall w/in normal range of gender variance species, despite fact many scientists & medical doctors have tended to de-emphasize variations in humans: 1993. Gender or is sex verification in sports: facts about gender verification in sports where only single sexes are allowed to compete, what constitutes sex" is not as clear cut as looking at an individuals chromosomes, their.
