Anne Fausto-Sterling Estimates That for Every 1,000 Children Born

question 30

Multiple Choice

Anne Fausto-Sterling estimates that for every 1,000 children born,
Roughly are intersex.

• A) 3
• B) 11
• C) 17
• D) 22

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Perspective

A theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective, it suggests that psychological adaptations evolve to solve recurrent problems in human ancestral environments.

Males

Biologically, males are the sex that produces spermatozoa to fertilize the eggs from females.

Females

Refers to the sex of an organism, or part of an organism, that produces non-mobile ova (egg cells) and typically has XX chromosomes in mammals.

Amniocentesis

A medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis where a small amount of amniotic fluid is sampled from the amniotic sac surrounding a developing fetus.