Category: S

The labia minora in the female, which shows a discoloration response in the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle.  

A culture’s fixed beliefs about which jobs, rights, and privileges are appropriate to each sex.  

The process of learning the socially accepted pattern of sex behavior.  

A sense of oneself as masculine or feminine, possessing attributes prescribed by sex role standards, sexual identity.  

The willingness and ability to engage in a variety of activities, perform them at will, and feel good about doing them regardless of how they are sex typed.  

A set of expected gender-specific behaviors.  

A change in the characteristics of an individual from male to female or vice versa. The changing of an individual’s sexual phenotype to that of the opposite sex.  

A surgical procedure designed to remove the external genitalia and replace them with genitalia appropriate to those of the opposite sex.  

The number of males in a population per each 100 females. The proportion of males to females in a population, usually expressed as the number of males per 100 females. The primary sex ratio, at the time of fertilization, is in theory 50% male. The secondary sex ratio, found at birth, usually indicates slightly fewer…

The philosophy, principles, and knowledge that people have about their own personally experienced eroto-sexuality and that of other people, singly or collectively.