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the sex structures that develop during puberty are categorized as
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secondary sex characteristics
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people who are intersexual
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have a mixture of male and female sexual characteristics
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the process by which people learn their culture's preferences and expectations for male and female behavior is called
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gender typing
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people whose sense of gender identity does not match their external appearance are known as
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transgendered
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in terms of the view of gender-role development in the United states, most scientists agree that our culture is _____, especially where women are concerned
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somewhere in the middle
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which theory of gender-role development places a heavy emphasis on the use of mental patterns?
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gender schema theory
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according to researcher alfed kinsey, sexual orientation is best described as
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typically on a continuum
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in kinsey's original data, approximately _____ of women reported being predominantly homosexual while as many as ______ of men reported the same
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2-6 percent; 10 percent
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which of the following was a criticism of kinsey's research?
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the study had a restricted sample
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robert drivers theory of parental investment states that a _____ desire to engage in sex at an early age results from ____
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mans; evolution
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the savic et al. 2005 study found that homosexual men responded to a pheromone in the same way as
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heterosexual women
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what is a major cause of organic sexual dysfunction?
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stress
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surveys suggest that about _____ percent of women and ______ percent of men have at least one sexual dysfunction
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40-45;30-30
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hpv is the cause of _______ in both men and women
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genital warts
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which of the following ways can the human immunodeficiency virus be passed along to another person?
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exposure to an infected person's blood
