PSYC 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cultural-Historical Psychology, Parental Investment, Virilization
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Wolffian duct system develops into epididymis, vas deferens and seminal vesicles. Gender incongruence: 3% of young boys and 5% of young girls experience gender dysphoria, when this feeling persists into adulthood, more often referred to as transgendered. Someone whose gender identity and gender roles are different than societal expectations due to anatomy: there are between 1 and 1. 5 million people in the us who identify as transgender. Potential causes of transgender: mother experiences great trauma during pregnancy, usage of diethylstilbestrol- increased gender dysphoria and transgender among males, genetic factors. If one sibling is transgender their sibling is likely to have gender dysphoria or become transgender as well. Common thread factors that affect hormones during developmental stages of brain development. Identical twin brothers circumcised at 8 months old: due to surgical mistake, some twin lost her penis, upon doctor recommendation, the parents decided to rase the child as a girl, name was changed from bruce to brenda.
