Chapter 8

Question 1

Androgynous

Answer 1

An person has a high number of both traditionally masculine traits, such as competitiveness, and traditionally feminine traits, such as compassion.

Question 2

Gender Identity

Answer 2

a person’s perception of having a particular gender, which may or may not correspond with their birth sex.

Question 3

Gender Role

Answer 3

the role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

Question 4

Turners Syndrome

Answer 4

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1 in 2,000-3,000 live births
Ovaries never develop properly, which leads to the absence of ovarian hormones.
They do not menstruate or develop adult breasts and are usually infertile.
Usually short, and with skeletal abnormalities.
Usually no problem with gender identity.

Question 5

Hermaphrodite

Answer 5

Both male and female reproductive systems due to differentiation failure of primitive gonads

Question 6

Gender Dysphoria

Answer 6

strong feeling that he or she is the other gender or insistence on living as the other gender