apt test 2

biological catergory (male/female) determined by your genetic makeup

the manifestation of sex; how you behave

no dresses or skirts

no pants

to whom you are attracted to sexually

attracted to the opposite sex

attracted to the same sex

attracted to both sexes

those people who are gay in tribes; they can perform as males or females in the tribe

characteristic that the person becomes known by; first thing you think of when you hear/see that person

• someone changing over to another sex
• 1st stage: wanting to change
• 2nd stage: to act like a woman for a yr
• 3rd stage: start taking estrogen pills
• 4th stage: surgery

have both male and female organs but not a complete set of either

• prejudice against homosexually
• *people get more upset over male homosexually than female homosexually (double standard)

were they born this way

was it because of their environment or because of something that happened to them in the past

as an adult male homosexual what do they remember about their childhood

not fitting in with their sex

• get a group of people and follow them from young childhood or birth into their childhood
• *problems: some people die, people dont want to to it anymore, and it cost alot of money to follow someone for a lifetime

study identical (monozygotic) twins and raise them apart in different environments

if you have a certain trait in one identical twin what is the chance its in the other one

• identical twins; one egg splits into two
• concordance rate for homosexuality is about 66% or two thirds 2/3

• fraternal twins; two different eggs
• concordance rate for homosexuality is about 33%

• portion deep in the brain that is believed to be associated with sexual pleasure
• its about the same size in homosexual males and heterosexual women
• its much bigger in heterosexual males

• when men donate sperm they keep the sperm in the sperm bank for 3 months to make sure it doesnt contain STD or AIDS
• get paid 50-75 dollars

eggs can not be frozwn because they have more water content. women have to go through medical test, family history, personality test, and sociology test.

• ~have to give themselves shots for 3 or 4 days
• ~trigger shot releases 10-25 eggs
• ~they harvest eggs (take them out) through surgery
• ~paid 4000-5000 dollars

can not produce children; not enough sperm count; can be caused by obesity

100 million- 600 million; 100 make it to the eggs

disorder of ovulation; not enough estrogen; ovaries produce eggs every other month not every month; caused by obesity and eating disorders

teh sperm does not move up the fallopian tube

how the sperm/eggs are implanted into the female

first test tube baby; first to be born by in-vitro fertilization

a woman carries a baby for another woman

sperma nd egg are united in the lab and then implanted in the woman through surgery

only people with money can have this done

was born to a surrogate mother and she decided that she did not want to give up the baby

frozen embroyos; to unite sperm and egg and freeze them

if i am unable to speak for myself then i want you to do this....

given hormones throughout a pregnancy so it is sustained

a woman in california who already had 8 kids and got fertility treatments and had 8 more kids; she was poor and was already about to be kicked out of her home

altaring the genectics of potatoes to have an extra crop. helps the community to become healthier

seminulate the seminac fluid; used for premature babies to help them finish nurishing; how it can be abused is a woman feels that she is getting too big and wants her baby in the artifical womb and get it back later

refers specifically to when one or both genetic parents has a known genetic abnormality and testing is performed on an embryo to determine if it also carries a genetic abnormality

is a general term referring to methods used to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means.