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| the socially constructed roles and characteristics bu which cilture defines male and female. |
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| physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt someone. |
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| the sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child. |
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| the sex chromosome found only in males. Whe paired wiht an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child. |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty. |
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| the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. |
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| primary sex characteristics |
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| the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible. |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| nonreproductive sexual traits, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair. |
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| the first menstrual period. |
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| a set of expected behaviors for males or for females. |
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| a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the positoin ought to behave. |
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| our sense of being male or female |
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| the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished. |
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| the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. |
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| an umbrella term describing people whose gender indentity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex. |
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| sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female sex characteriscs. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity. |
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| the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson-excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. |
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| a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm. |
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| a problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning. |
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| experiencing sexual arousal from fantasies, behaviors, or urgers involving non-human objects, the suffering or self or others, and/or nonconsenting persons. |
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(acquired immune deficiency syndrome) |
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| a life-threatening, sexually transmitted infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS depletes the immune system, leaving the person vulnerable to infections. |
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| an enduring sexual attaction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation), the other sex (heterosexual orientation), or both sexes (bisexual orientation). |
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