The New Approaches to Understanding and Treating Intersexed Individuals That

question 118

Multiple Choice

The new approaches to understanding and treating intersexed individuals that have been proposed recently (Fausto- Sterling, 2000) are based on the concept of "five sexes," which include all of the following EXCEPT _______________.

• A) "herms"
• B) "merms" and "ferms"
• C) males and females
• D) "andros" and "estros"

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

Perception

The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory information to understand their environment.

Cross-Cultural

Involving or bridging the differences between cultures, facilitating interaction and understanding among diverse groups.

Mourning

The act of expressing grief over someone's death or a significant loss.