Chapter 11: Biological And Anatomical Differences Between Men And Women
Chapter 11 Sex and Gender
Sex: refers to the biological and anatomical differences between men and women.
Primary sex characteristics: genitalia used for reproduction.
Secondary sex characteristics: boobs, hips, deep voice, facial hair.
Hermaphrodite: a person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.
Transsexual: a person who believes that they were born the wrong sex.
Transvestite: male who lives as women or vice versa but does not alter their genitalia.
Sexual orientation: refers to an individual’s preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex, same sex, or both.
Gender: the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, …show more content…
Infant mortality rate – the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year.
Migration is the movement of people from one geographic area to another for the purpose of changing residency.
Immigration is the movement of people into a geographic area to take up residency.
Emigration is the movement of people out of a geographic area to take up residency elsewhere.
Population composition – the biological and social characteristics of a population.
Sex ratio – the number of males for every hundred females in a given population.
Population pyramid – a graphic representation of the distribution of a population by sex and age.
Demographic transition – is the process by which some societies have moved from high birth and death rates to relatively low birth and death rates as a result of technological development.
Metropolis is one or more central cities and their surrounding suburbs that dominate the economic and cultural life of a region. A central city is the densely populated centre of a metropolis.
Invasion is the process by which a new category of people or type of land use arrives in an area previously occupied by another group or land
Sex: refers to the biological and anatomical differences between men and women.
Primary sex characteristics: genitalia used for reproduction.
Secondary sex characteristics: boobs, hips, deep voice, facial hair.
Hermaphrodite: a person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.
Transsexual: a person who believes that they were born the wrong sex.
Transvestite: male who lives as women or vice versa but does not alter their genitalia.
Sexual orientation: refers to an individual’s preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex, same sex, or both.
Gender: the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, …show more content…
Infant mortality rate – the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year.
Migration is the movement of people from one geographic area to another for the purpose of changing residency.
Immigration is the movement of people into a geographic area to take up residency.
Emigration is the movement of people out of a geographic area to take up residency elsewhere.
Population composition – the biological and social characteristics of a population.
Sex ratio – the number of males for every hundred females in a given population.
Population pyramid – a graphic representation of the distribution of a population by sex and age.
Demographic transition – is the process by which some societies have moved from high birth and death rates to relatively low birth and death rates as a result of technological development.
Metropolis is one or more central cities and their surrounding suburbs that dominate the economic and cultural life of a region. A central city is the densely populated centre of a metropolis.
Invasion is the process by which a new category of people or type of land use arrives in an area previously occupied by another group or land