Gender is a social construct into which feed biological and social factors like: 1. DNA which may be normal: or not normal. See DSD: disorders of sex development. University of Michigan Health System 2. Sexual differentiation: check out embryology of mammals, in particular humans. Sexual Differentiation 3. Visible external genitalia and the invisible internal sex organs which may be different again: e.g. Some people are born with testes and ovaries. And this is different from the DNA sex. University of Michigan Health System 4. Gestational chemistry: was the female infant bathed in testosterone which is thought to stimulate masculinity in behaviour or, alternatively the male infant getting too much of female hormones while developing. These situations occur because of drugs, drinking contaminated water, medication and a host of other reasons...
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