When an intersexed infant is born in the United States,
a. most people manage to accept that the infant does not need to fit into either the female or the male category.
b. physicians are typically androcentric, so they almost always recommend surgery to create the standard male genitals.
c. physicians usually recommend surgery so that the external genitals look more like either the standard male genitals or the standard female genitals.
d. most parents prefer to postpone surgery until the child is old enough to choose either a male or a female identity.
Question 2People who have androgen-insensitivity syndrome
a. are females, genetically, yet they are raised as males.
b. may seem to be normal females until puberty.
c. have extreme difficulties in the acquisition of gender typing.
d. are usually able to have children.
Question 3When an infant is born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia,
a. the genitals look feminine.
b. physicians usually perform genital surgery.
c. a person with an XX chromosome arrangement appears to be male until puberty.
d. a deficit of androgen produces a feminine-acting male.
Question 4The term intersexed individual refers to
a. people high in both masculinity and femininity.
b. men who dress in feminine clothing.
c. females with low androgen levels.
d. people who are not clearly male or clearly female.
Question 5Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about typical prenatal development in females?
a. Alissa: If the fetus has a high level of androgen, a clitoris will develop..
b. Dorota: Researchers know more about male development than female development..
c. Sergei: In female development, the genetic sex of a fetus is determined at conception; in male development, the genetic sex is determined at about 6 weeks after conception..
d. Johnny: The fetus generally develops into a male unless one of the female hormones is present..
Question 6Which of the statements about typical prenatal development is correct?
a. Female and male embryos are very similar during the first weeks of prenatal development.
b. Shortly after conception, the genitals of females and males look different.
c. Male and female genitals develop at about 612 weeks after conception, and the two types of genitals are formed out of very different embryological structures.
d. Male genitals develop at about 4 weeks after conception. Female genitals develop at about 12 weeks after conception.
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