Define the concept of a persons gender

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Questions: (Total word requirement: 250 to 300 words) It is important to note that there is much more to human beings than their sex or gender identity, but in this discussion, we will focus just on this aspect of humanity to better understand the contributing biological and genetic factors.

1. Define the concept of a person's gender. What factors determine gender?

2. Define the concept of person's sex. What factors determine sex?

3. How do the concepts of sex and gender interact?

4. Explain why the intersex condition supports the idea that sex and gender are non-binary and that biologists may have been building a more nuanced view of sex, but society has yet to catch up.

5. Explain why, according to the current scientific understanding of the topic, our gender identity is NOT a matter of choice?

6. Find three examples of human phenotypes determined strictly by genetics.

7. Find three examples of organism phenotypes where environmental factors override genetics.

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