PSY 3122 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
6 Feb 2019
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What makes up gender: chromosomal gender, gonadal gender, prenatal hormonal gender, external genital appearance, pubertal hormonal gender, assigned gender, gender identity. Gender identity: who you are in terms of your femaleness maleness . Sexual identity: who you are in terms of who you are emotionally and sexually attracted to. Atypical prenatal development: chromosomal anomalies, turner"s syndrome (x, affects females. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: autosomal recessive genetic disorder affecting cortisol synthesis in the adrenal gland. Individuals with cah are typically exposed to elevated levels of androgens produced by their adrenal gland before they are born. Genetic males" genital appearance is mostly unaffected by the condition: women with cah do, however show increased rates of same-sex and bisexual attractions. Newborn genetic male with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and female external genitalia: an x-linked recessive disorder in which individuals born with xy chromosomes develop typically female characteristics, often including external female genitalia and female breasts.
