SOC 603 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hegemonic Masculinity, Chaz Bono, Feminine Beauty Ideal
27 Jun 2015
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The true hermaphrodite which has one testis and one ovary. Male pseudohermaphrodite who has testes and some female genitalia but no ovaries. Female pseudohermaphrodite who has ovaries and some aspects of male genitalia without testes. Intersexuals may constitute as many as 4 percent of births. Advances in physiology and surgical technology now enable physicians to catch most intersexuals at the moment of birth. Hermaphrodite comes from the greek names hermes, variously known as the messenger of the gods, the patron of music, the controller of dreams or the protector of livestock, and. Aphrodite, the goddess of sexual love and beauty. Pseudohermaphrodites possess two gonads of the same kind along with the usual male (xy) or female (xx) chromosomal makeup. But their external genitalia and secondary sex characteristics do not match their chromosomes. Thus merms have testes and xy chromosomes, yet they also have a vagina and a clitoris, and at puberty they often develop breasts.
