In a BBC News article a few days ago, we are talking about defining sex and gender, taking a cue from the recent events considered South African athlete hermaphrodite .

Identità-di-genere

Have followed the story on television controversial Caster Semenya, whose gender tests showed characteristics of both male and female. We speak of a situation of intersex, an umbrella term that encompasses differences in reproductive and sexual development. In practice an intersex person may present anatomical and physiological characteristics of both male and female.

How do you define sex?

We can say that there are (at least) 4 types of sex: your phenotype , which leads to the appearance (the one that seems in short), your psychological sex, that to which you feel you belong.

Let's see in detail.

The sex chromosome

Each of us inherits half its genes from mom and half their genes from dad (or donor in the case of homosexual couples).

Among these are the chromosomes that determine sex sessuli of belonging and are X and Y. Who has XY chromosomes is genetically a male, who has XX chromosomes is genetically a female.

The biological sex

The presence of XX or XY chromosomes determine the physical aspect that we have. So for example the presence of a penis or a vagina, ovaries or testes and of course all aspects of secondary sexual (beard, developed breasts, menstruation, nocturnal emissions, etc.).

Sometimes the sex chromosomes and the biological sex do not fit and then there are rare situations, but possible intersex (eg pseudohermaphroditism).

The psychological sex

And 'that to which you feel you belong. You can also have sex chromosomes XY, male biological sex (in the sense that you have testicles, penis, hair, beard, Adam's apple, etc.), but inside you feel that you are a woman.

And 'the case of transsexuals that we have already mentioned something in this post .

The social sex

That 's what you "feel" and that is socially conform to what is expected of people who have your sex chromosome and biological.

Too complicated? We try to clarify.

Suppose you have XX chromosomes and then genetically you are a female. You also have a vagina and ovaries and your physical appearance is compatible with a female, that is, it seems (and you) a female.
Besides, you feel their gender, then you feel female (well I should say woman!)

What is left out? What society expects you to behave like a girl, then most likely you will use to dress appropriately to your genre, you truccherai, you will be considered more sensitive than men, more inclined to take care of other people, you'll want to have children and they will do, choose a job "feminine", you manage a house and do the housework and all the other stereotypes that you can choose to include in this list :)

There is talk of gender role, that is, everything falls in the behavior typical of a person who belongs to that genre. Then you do not want to belong and feel adeguarti the role that gender is socially prompted another kettle of fish. Thankfully! :)

Ah, I forgot! Find the original article here :)

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