Sexuality and Society
I. Understanding Sexuality.
A. Sex refers to the biological distinction between females and males.
B. Sex and the body.
1. Primary sex characteristics refer to the organs used for reproduction, namely, the genitals. Secondary sex characteristics are bodily differences, apart from the genitals, that distinguish biologically mature females and males.
2. Sex is not the same thing as gender.
3. In rare cares, a hormone imbalance before birth produces intersexual people, human beings with some combination of female and male characteristics.
4. Transsexuals are people who feel they are one sex even though biologically they are the other.
C. Like all dimensions of human behavior, sexuality is also very much a cultural issue.
1. Almost any sexual practice shows considerable variation from one society to another.
2. SEEING OURSELVES-National Map 8-1: First-Cousin Marriage Laws across the United States. There is no single view on first-cousin......
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