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| a combination of female and male anatomical structures so that the individal cannot be clearly defined as male or female |
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| disorders of sex development |
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| a more scientific term now being applied to those with cominations or ambiguities of female and male anatomical structures |
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| a person who has one testis and one ovary. External appearance may vary among individuals. |
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| a person who possesses either testes or ovaries in combination with some external genitals of the other sex. |
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| a person inner experience of gender: feelings of maleness, femaleness or some ambivalent position between the two. |
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| the outward expression and demonstration of gender identity, through behaviors, attire and culturally determined characteristics of femininity and masculinity |
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| a theory that holds that human traits and behaviors are formed primarily by inborn biological determinants such as genes and hormonal secretions, rather than by environmental influences |
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| a theory that holds that human traits and behaviors are shaped more by environmental social forces than by innate biological factors |
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| the developmental processes, biological, social and psychological, that lead to different sexes or genders |
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| sex and reproductive glands, either testes or ovaries, that produce hormones and eventually reproductive cells (sperms or eggs) |
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| the process by which a sperm unites with an egg, normally joining 23 pairs of chromosomes to establish the genetic blueprint for a new individual. The sex chromosomes establish its sex, XX for female, XY for male |
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| the sex determining region of the Y chromosome |
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| the region on the X chromosome that seems to play a role in the sexual differentiation |
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| embryonic structures that develop into female sexual and reproductive organs unless inhibited by male hormones |
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| embryonic structures that develop into male sexual and reproductive organs if male hormones are present |
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| a biochemical produced in an embryo when the Y chromosome is present; it plays a role in the development of fetal gonads into testes |
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| anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) |
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| secretion of the fetal testes that prevents further development of female structures from the Mullerian ducts |
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| a chemical produced by the fetal testes that promotes further development of the testes, scrotum and penis in the fetus |
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| fetally androgenized females |
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| a condition in which hormones administered during pregnancy cause chromosomely female (XX) fetuses to have masculinization of the genitals and perhaps of later behavioral patterns, even though they were raised as girls |
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| congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
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| a genetic disorder that maculinizes chromosomal females and seems to lead to masculinization of behavior as well |
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| androgen insensitivity syndrome |
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| a developmental condition in which cells do not respond to fetal androgen, so that chromosomally male (XY) fetuses develop external female genitals; there is also a feminization of later behavioral patterns |
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| a condition in which chromosomally male fetuses have underdeveloped male genitals and may be identified as girls at birth. However, at puberty they begin to develop masculine secondary sex characteristics and seem to maintain masculine patterns of behavior |
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| the combining of biological and socio-environmental factors more and more with one another over time in the process of human development. |
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| differntial socialization |
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| the process of treating boys and girls differently as they are growing up |
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| a childs early inner sense of its maleness, femaleness or ambivalence, established prior to puberty |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| the physical characteristics of mature women and men that begin to develop at puberty |
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| the presence of high frequencies of both masculine and feminine behaviors and traits in the same individuals |
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| a tendency to exaggerate manly behaviors; sometimes called machismo |
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| a tendency to exaggerate characteristics typically associated with women |
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| a complex cognitive network of associations and ideas through which the individual perceives and interprets information about gender |
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| a crossing of traditional gender lines because of discomfort and nonconformity with gender roles generally accepted by society. |
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| the expression of gender identity in a way that is socially inconsistant with ones anatomical sex |
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| another term sometimes used to describe a gender identity disorder |
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| a strong degree of discomfort with ones identity as male or female, characterized by feelings of being in the wrongly sexed body |
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