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| the social construction of femininity and masculinity |
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| your sense of self as a man or woman |
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| includes everything you feel, think, say, and do that shows to yourself and others that you are, in fact, a man or a woman; the way you express your gender identity |
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| 23 pairs in a human cell; rod-shaped structures that determine a person's inherited characteristics |
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| What determines the genetic sex of a child? |
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| The sperm from the father |
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| What must be added in order for an XY combination to result in a male baby? |
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| girls have 2 _ _ chromosomes and boys have 2 _ _ chromosomes |
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| if allowed to develop, will become male structures |
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| if allowed to develop, will become female structures |
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| smidgen of the Y chromosome (sex-determining region of the Y chromosome) that determines maleness |
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| mullerian duct-inhibiting substance |
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| additional substance secreted from testicles (activated by the SRY gene), which causes ducts to shrink |
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| What happens to embryos with an XX combination (genetically female)? |
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| If there is no Y chromosome (chemical substance that converts primitive gonads into testicles), the primitive gonads will eventually develop into ovaries; absence of large levels of testosterone results in the shrinkage of the Wolffian duct system and development of the Mullerian duct system |
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| nature has programmed everyone for female development unless.. |
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| there is a high level of testosterone at a critical stage (7th week) of prenatal development |
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| which part of the brain differs between men and women? |
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| individuals born with a combination of male and female anatomical features, or in which chromosomal sex is inconsistent with anatomical sex |
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| condition with one or more extra X chromosomes (XXY or XXXY); men who have both masculine characteristics (because of Y chromosome) and feminine features (because of the XX chromosomes) |
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| physical features of Klinefelter's syndrome |
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| long arms, poor muscular development, enlarged breasts and hips, small penis with shrunken testicles, and low sexual desire |
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| condition in which there is only one X chromosome (XO); happens in women; ovaries never properly develop, never menstruate, do not develop breasts at puberty |
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| condition in which a person is born with both male and female reproductive systems as a result of the primitive glands failing to differentiate properly during the embryonic stage |
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| physical attributes of hermaphrodite |
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| usually genetically female; usually always has uterus; usually has an ovary and Fallopian tube on one side and a testicle and vas deferens and/or epididymis on the other |
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a condition in which a person with an XX or XY chromosome pattern is born with the proper set of gonads (ovaries or testicles), but whose external genitalia are either ambiguous or that of the other sex
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