In One Study Males Were Asked to Rate the Scent

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Essay

In one study males were asked to rate the scent of a t-shirt worn by a woman three nights during ovulation or three nights when not in ovulation. Discuss the results of this study and relate them to reproductive fertility and the human ability to sense phermones.

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Definitions:

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.

Anatomical Sex

The classification of individuals based on their reproductive and sexual anatomy, such as male, female, or intersex, usually assigned at birth.

Sexual Dimorphism

The distinction between two sexes of the same species by physical appearance, including differences in size, color, or body structure.

Genetic Sex

Determined by the chromosomes an individual inherits (XX for females and XY for males), affecting the development of sexual and reproductive anatomy.