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  2. Sex–gender distinction - Wikipedia

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    A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, for instance, refers to the semantically based "covert" gender (e.g. male and female, not masculine and feminine) of English nouns, as opposed to the "overt" gender of some English pronouns; this yields nine gender classes: male, female, dual, common, collective, higher male animal, higher female ...

  3. Sex differences in human physiology - Wikipedia

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    The pelvis is, in general, different between the human female and male skeleton. [12] [13] Although variations exist and there may be a degree of overlap between typically male or female traits, [12] [13] the pelvis is the most dimorphic bone of the human skeleton and is therefore likely to be accurate when using it to ascertain a person's sex ...

  4. Gender - Wikipedia

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    The red (left) is the female Venus symbol. The blue (right) represents the male Mars symbol. Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. [1] [2] Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social constructs (i.e. gender roles) as well as gender expression.

  5. How many genders are there? Experts break it down - AOL

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    It’s not just the male/female gender binary—there's a spectrum of gender identity. ... They can be trans men, trans women, and also non-binary people, meaning they do not identify as men or ...

  6. Sexual differentiation in humans - Wikipedia

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    The internal genitalia consist of two accessory ducts: mesonephric ducts (male) and paramesonephric ducts (female). The mesonephric system is the precursor to the male genitalia and the paramesonephric to the female reproductive system. [8] As development proceeds, one of the pairs of ducts develops while the other regresses.

  7. XY sex-determination system - Wikipedia

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    The idea is instead of having a simplistic mechanism by which you have pro-male genes going all the way to make a male, in fact there is a solid balance between pro-male genes and anti-male genes and if there is a little too much of anti-male genes, there may be a female born and if there is a little too much of pro-male genes then there will ...

  8. Man - Wikipedia

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    Trans men have a male gender identity that does not align with their female sex assignment at birth, and may undergo masculinizing hormone replacement therapy and/or sex reassignment surgery. [32] Intersex men may have sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male biology. [ 33 ]

  9. Sex differences in humans - Wikipedia

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    Women and men have been surveyed by Gallup each year concerning workplace topics. When questioned about preferences of a female boss or a male boss, women chose a preference for a male boss 39% of the time, compared to 26% of men displaying preference for a male boss. Only 27% of women would prefer a boss of the same gender. [49]