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Sex Categories

Sex Categories

Male or female as defined in selected biological terms that usually highlight difference and opposition to the point that males and females are identified as “opposite sexes.” In the study of human subjects, the term Sex Catagories should be used as a classification, generally as male or female, according to the reproductive organs and functions that derive from the chromosomal complement [generally XX for female and XY for male]. An individual’s internal sense of gender can be female or male, some people identify as nonbinary — neither female nor male.