Search results for " sex characteristics"

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Il riconoscimento giuridico del “terzo sesso”: un esempio di inclusione-esclusione? Riflessione socio-giuridiche e culturali sulla condizione intersex

2022

The article aims to discuss if and how medical labels and practices create sex-anatomical standards with respect to which those who do not align with them are labeled as “abnormal”, thus also legitimizing some forms of violence and social marginalization. The case study of the German legal framework, where the third sex registry has recently found space, will then be explored to reflect whether non-normative bodies are liberated or governed, with related normalizing repercussions, through their legal recognition.

Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia Dei Processi Culturali E Comunicativiintersex DSD sex characteristics third sex gender binarySettore SPS/12 - Sociologia Giuridica Della Devianza E Mutamento Sociale
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Sex roles and sex ratios in animals

2022

In species with separate sexes, females and males often differ in their morphology, physiology and behaviour. Such sex-specific traits are functionally linked to variation in reproductive competition, mate choice and parental care, which have all been linked to sex roles. At the 150th anniversary of Darwin's theory on sexual selection, the question of why patterns of sex roles vary within and across species remains a key topic in behavioural and evolutionary ecology. New theoretical, experimental and comparative evidence suggests that variation in the adult sex ratio (ASR) is a key driver of variation in sex roles. Here, we first define and discuss the historical emergence of the sex role c…

Sex Ratio [MeSH] ; Female [MeSH] ; demography ; sex ratios ; Animals [MeSH] ; Gender Role [MeSH] ; mate choice ; General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology ; Sexual Behavior Animal/physiology [MeSH] ; Biological Evolution [MeSH] ; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ; physiology ; parental care ; Male [MeSH] ; sexual selection ; Reproduction [MeSH] ; Sex Characteristics [MeSH] ; sex rolesdemographydemography; mate choice; parental care; physiology; sex ratios; sex roles; sexual selectionfysiologiasex ratiosparental carefysiologiset tekijätseksuaalinen käyttäytymineneläinten käyttäytyminenGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biologyvalintakriteeritsex rolessukupuoliroolitphysiologyeläimetsexual selectionmate choiceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Scienceskäyttäytyminen
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An undermined therapeutic alliance: A case study

2021

Seeking help and assistance can prove to be a frustrating experience for intersex individuals: physicians and psychologists can be misinformed about variations of sex characteristics (VSC) and their practice may have a detrimental effect on the physical and psychological wellbeing of indivi- duals with VSC. This paper focuses on how previous negative experiences, such as early genital cosmetic surgery and unaware clinical management, could negatively affect psychotherapeutic relationships. Its principal aims are to: 1) identify which elements in clinical management of VSC may cause difficulties in building a therapeutic alliance and 2) identify which elements may promote the construction an…

intersex managementClinical PsychologyAlliancePsychotherapistintersexdisorders of sex development (DSD)therapeutic allianceemotions in therapySettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia Dinamicavariations of sex characteristics (VSC)PsychologySex characteristicsPsychodynamic Practice
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