– noun – refers to the biological distinctions that exist between male, female, and intersex people with respect to reproductive anatomy, sex chromosomes, and/or specific genes.1 Based on these biological distinctions, most infants are assigned a sex at birth according to the binary-framework of male or female.2
Sex is often described using the words:
- Female – adj or noun
- Intersex – adj
- Male – adj or noun
References:
- Short, S. E., Yang, Y. C., & Jenkins, T. M. (2013). Sex, gender, genetics, and health. American journal of public health, 103 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), S93–S101. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301229
- Lehman, J.R., Diaz, K., Ng, H., Petty, E.M., Thatikunta, M., Eckstrand, K. The Equal Curriculum. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24025-7