Sex & Gender Questions And Answers

Sex & Gender Questions And Answers
acceptancesandscivilsrightss-sCORRECTssANSWER-
currentsrapidschangessinsoursunderstandingsofstranssissuess(duesinspartstostransspeopleslikes
LavernesCoxs&sKaitlynsJenner),sstillsfacesdiscrimination,

agendersorsgendersneutrals-sCORRECTssANSWER-
peopleswhosdon'tsidentifyswithsanysgenderscategories

AndrogensInsensitivitysSyndromes(AIS)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
bodyscellssofsaschromosomallystypicalsmalesfetussaresinsensitivestosandrogens,sdiscovereds
inslatesadolescenceswhensnosperiod/menarchesoccurs,s46schromosomess(XY),sundescend
edstestes,slacksstypicalssetsofseithersfemale/malesinternalsstructures,snormalsfemalesgenital
ssandsshallowsvagina,ssterile,snormalsssignssofsfemalessexualsmaturationsoccursexceptsfors
periods(duringspuberty),sfemalesassgendersidentity

biologicalssexs-sCORRECTssANSWER-
characteristicssassociatedswithsbeingsmale,sfemale,sorsintersexs(aka.ssexsassignedsatsbirth)

byswhatsagesdoschildrenshavesasfirmsgendersidentity?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-bysages3

byswhichsweekssdossexschromosomessinfluencesanatomicals&shormonalsdevelopmentsands
genitalia?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
bysthes8thswkstheysinfluencesanatomicals&shormonalsdevelopmentsandsbys12thswkstheysinfl
uencesgenitalia

chromosomalssexs-sCORRECTssANSWER-
23spairssofschromosomes,s22sautosomes,s1ssetsofssexschromosomess(xxs=sfemale,sxys=sm
ale),sovashass23schromosomesswiths1sx,sspermshass23schromosomesswithseithersansxsorsy,s
zygoteshass2ssetssofs23schromosomess(46stotal)saftersfertilization

cisgenders-sCORRECTssANSWER-biologicalssexsmatchessgendersidentity

DHT-deficientsmaless-sCORRECTssANSWER-
autosomalsrecessivesdisordersofssexsdevelopmentscommonsinsareassofsthesDRs&sTurkey,st
ypicalsdevelopmentsofsmalesreproductivestracts(vassdeferens,sseminalsvesicles,s&sejaculat
orysducts,snosprostate),stestessproducesanti-
mullerianshormonespreventingsgrowthsofsofsuteruss&sovaries,smissingsenzymesthatsconvert
sstestosteronestosDHT,slacksofsDHTspreventssdescentsofstestess&sgrowthsofspenissbeforesbir

, th,sbabysbornswithsapparentlysfemalesgenitalias(ambiguoussatsbirth)sbutspeniss&sscrotumsde
velopsatspubertysbcsenoughstestosteronesproduceds(femalesbeforespuberty,sbutsbecomesm
asculinizedsatspuberty),s46schromosomess(XY),ssterile

femalesdifferentiations-sCORRECTssANSWER-
ifsnosSRYsundifferentiatedsgonadswillsdevelopsintosovary,sfemalenesssisn'tsaspassivesdefaul
tsoption,sgenessexiststhatspromotesovariansdevelopmentsandssuppressstesticularsprogramss
uchsassgenesDDS,sgonadssemergesfromscontestsb/ws2sopposingsnetworkssofsgenesactivity,s
insfemalesdirectionsmulleriansductssystemswillsdevelop,slowslvlssofsandrogenssleadstosdegen
erationsofswolffianssystem

FetallysAndrogenizedsFemaless-sCORRECTssANSWER-
raresatypicalsgeneticallysinducedsmalfunctionsofsadrenalsglands,scausessexposurestosandro
gens,sbabiessbornswithsmasculineslookingsexternalsgenitalss(ambiguous),senlargedsclitoriss
andsfusedslabiasthatsresemblesscrotum,susuallysidentifysassfemalessbasedsonschromosoma
ls&sothersmedicalstests,streatedswithsminorssurgerysorshormonestherapys(tosremovesambigui
ty),ssomeslatersassumesmalesgendersidentity,s46schromosomess(XX),sovaries,snormalsfema
lesinternalsreproductivesstructures,

FTMs(femalestosmale)/transmans-sCORRECTssANSWER-
oneswhosissbornsfemalesbutsseesthemselvessasspartlystosfullysmasculine

FTMssurgerys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
removalsofsbreasts,suteruss&sovaries,svaginassealedsoff,sreconstructionsofspenississmoresdiff
icultsthanscreatingsasvagina,suseslabias&sperineumstissuesbutsnoserectionsunlesssartificialsde
vicesissused,sorsreleasesenlargedsclitorissduestostestosteronesfromshoodsandsreconstructsscr
otumsfromslabiasminoras(innerslips)

genders(woman/man)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
socialsconstruct,spsychosocialsculturalscharacteristicssassociatedswithsourssexs(masculinity
/femininity)

gendersconfirmationssurgerysprocesss(GCS)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
extensivesscreeningsinterviews,sonlysthoseswithsgenuinesincongruencesb/wsgendersidentity
sandsbiologicalssexsaresconsidered,sinstructedstosadoptslifestylesconsistentswithsgenderside

ntity,saftersperiodsofstimesifsindividualshassadjustedstosnewslifestylestheshormonestherapysisss
tarted

gendersdysphorias-sCORRECTssANSWER-
clinicalstermsdescribingsdistresssaboutsincongruencesb/wsone'ssgendersidentitysandssexson
eswassassignedsatsbirth

gendersexpressions-sCORRECTssANSWER-
theswayswesoutwardlysexpresssoursgendersidentitysassmasculine/feminine/neither