PSYC 4120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scrotum
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Males typically have a penis, tested, scrotum, more testosterone than estrogen, xy chromosomes, thick body hair, facial hair, and a deep pitched voice. Females typically have ovaries, vulva, vagina, uterus, more estrogen than testosterone. Xx chromosomes, breasts, fine body hair, limited or not facial hair, and a high-pitched voice. If someone has all or most of the characteristics associated with being male or female, we label them as such. Always been enormous pressure to fall into one of two binary categories which is assigned at birth. Arguable that gender identity is also assigned at birth, and encouraged to take on traditional feminine/ masculine roles. When a baby is born with slightly ambiguous genitalia an enlarged clitoris in an otherwise female" body, or a small penis in an otherwise. Intersex: a person whose physical anatomy does not fit within the traditional definitions of male or female.
