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the science of biology does not support binary classifications, and gender identity itself appears to have a biological basis. The simplicity that social conservatives seek with respect to the definition of “woman” by resorting to biology is not supported by current understandings of biology itself.
A woman is an adult female human. [a] [2] [3] Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. [4] Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause.
Biological sex is not binary, but runs on a spectrum. Gender is not necessarily determined by biological sex. Gender is a social and linguistic construct that varies across cultures.
A person’s biological sex usually refers to their status as female or male depending on their chromosomes, reproductive organs, and other characteristics. Chromosomes are tightly packed DNA, or molecules that contain the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living things. Humans typically have forty-six chromosomes.
This is a term that is preferable to “non-trans,” “biological,” or “natal” man or woman. Gender nonconforming : A person who views their gender identity as one of many possible genders beyond strictly female or male.
The World Health Organization's defines gender as "socially constructed", and sex as characteristics that are "biologically determined", drawing a distinction between the sex categories of male and female, and the genders "girls and boys who grow into men and women". [95]
There are many cultural and social factors involved in making a baby into a man or a woman. But biologically speaking, sex starts when you’re just a tiny group of cells in your mother’s uterus.
Simple. This is bad science. The production of gametes does not sufficiently describe sex biology in animals, nor is it the definition of a woman or a man. While sperm and ova matter, they...
A woman is colloquially understood as an adult human with female biology. However, some individuals have a genotype (internal biology) that conflicts with their phenotype (external physical characteristics).
Abstract. The current debate about the meaning of the term “woman” has become a proxy for the culture wars over the rights of sexual and gender minorities, with social conservatives claiming that “sex” has traditionally meant “biological sex” and that the determination of one’s sex can easily be resolved by resort to biology.