Sex and gender Flashcards
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1
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what is sex?
A
a persons BIOLOGICAL status as either male or female. Determined by CHROMOSOMES which then influence HORMONAL.
Males have XY chromosomes and women have XX. These produce DIFFERENCES in ANATOMY.
2
Q
what is gender?
A
a person’s PSYCHOLOGICAL cultural differences. Affected by what you have LEARNED about what is MASC and FEM and includes ATTITUDES, ROLES and behaviours that we ASSOCIATE with being male or female.
