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1 lut 2023 · Despite the complexity, biology matters in studying sex differences, especially considering males' and females' different vulnerabilities to many developmental and psychiatric disorders. This review has the aim to show there is a biological basis for sex differences, and that biology plays its role.
1 wrz 2005 · The term gender is becoming more common in scientific publications to describe biological variation traditionally assigned to sex, and this nonspecific language merits a standardized approach. Increasingly, researchers are becoming aware of the appropriate use of the terms sex vs. gender.
Biological differences between men and women contribute to many sex-specific illnesses and disorders. Historically, it was argued that such differences were largely, if not exclusively, due to gonadal hormone secretions.
The present review discusses the relationship of sexual identity and sexual orientation to prenatal factors that act to shape the development of the brain and the expression of sexual behaviours in animals and humans.
19 lut 2018 · We argue that increasing the awareness of the biological diversity underlying gender identity development is relevant to all domains of social, medical, and neuroscience research and foundational for reducing health disparities and promoting human-rights protections for gender minorities.
The American Psychological Association defines gender identity as, "A person's deeply-felt, inherent sense of being a boy, a man, or a male; a girl, a woman, or a female; or an alternative gender (e.g., genderqueer, gender nonconforming, gender neutral) that may or may not correspond to a person's sex assigned at birth or to a person's primary o...
23 lut 2022 · This failure to include sex as a biological variable has created a major knowledge gap: a situation that both funding agencies and scientific journals are now seeking to rectify by demanding...
