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Individuals having two X chromosomes (XX) are female; individuals having one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY) are male. The X chromosome resembles a large autosomal chromosome with a long and a short arm. The Y chromosome has one long arm and a very short second arm.
Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. [1] [2] Depending on the context, this may include sex -based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender expression.
May 22, 2023 · Society typically tells us that there are two sexes: male and female. You may also be familiar with the fact that some people are intersex, or have a difference of sexual development (DSD). DSD...
May 12, 2022 · What do we mean by sex? Sex refers to the biological aspects of maleness and femaleness. This is determined by your hormones and secondary sex characteristics, like your genitals. There...
By definition, males are organisms that produce small, mobile gametes ( sperm ); while females are organisms that produce large and generally immobile gametes ( ova or eggs). [31] [32] [33] [34] Richard Dawkins stated that it is possible to interpret all the differences between the sexes as stemming from this single difference in gametes. [35]
Sex is a label — male or female — that you’re assigned by a doctor at birth based on the genitals you’re born with and the chromosomes you have. It goes on your birth certificate. Gender is much more complex: It’s a social and legal status, and set of expectations from society, about behaviors, characteristics, and thoughts.
Sex differences in human physiology are distinctions of physiological characteristics associated with either male or female humans. These can be of several types, including direct and indirect, direct being the direct result of differences prescribed by the Y-chromosome (due to the SRY gene ), and indirect being characteristics influenced ...
