Category: S

The organs used in sexual intercourse the male penis and the female vagina.  

According to Knox, a body of knowledge concerned with the differentiation and dimorphism of sex and the erotosexual pair bonding of partners. The study of sex and sexual behaviour.  

A person who commits an act designated by law as a sex offense and, therefore, a crime.  

A trait that is determined by a gene on one of the sex chromosomes.  

The presumed tendency for both male and female animals to be more responsive to the opposite-gender patterns of stimulation than to same-gender patterns of stimulation based upon differences in brain mechanisms and hormone secretions.  

Inherited physical problems that are carried on sex chromosomes. A genetic disorder caused by a gene that is found on a sex chromosome, usually the X chromosome.    

An association or linkage of a hereditary character with sex. The existence of characteristics which are transmitted through the X chromosomes. The correlation between a specific genetic disorder and the sex chromosomes.  

A trait that expresses itself only in one gender even though either gender may carry genes for the trait.  

Prejudice and discrimination based upon one’s gender. All of the actions and attitudes that relegate individuals of either sex to a secondary and inferior status in society.  

Those genetic traits in which the dominant expression depends on the sex of the individual, sex-linked trait.