Physical gender

In English: "sex". The concept of a person's physical genderIn English, there is a difference between 'sex', the biological sex, and 'gender', the social sex. Gender is a term that describes how a society associates certain characteristics and behaviors with men and women. Sometimes there are certai... is a socially or culturally constructed idea in which different parts of the body, such as genitalsThis is the medical term for sexual organs. This refers to both the internal and external sexual organs. The external genitalia penis, scrotum and testicles are referred to as male genitalia. The vulva is referred to as the female genitalia..., hormonesHormones are chemical messengers produced in the body that control various bodily functions. They are produced by certain organs and transported through the blood to influence the cells and tissues in the body. They influence things such as... and chromosomesChromosomes are units in the cell that contain the genetic material of an organism. Each cell in the human body contains 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs. One of these pairs of chromosomes consists of the sex chromosomes, which determine..., are assigned a gender. In our society, for example, a penisPenis is another name for the penis and, together with the scrotum, is one of the external male sex organs. The penis consists of the shaft and the glans. The glans is the most sensitive part of the male body and is covered by a foreskin, u... is seen as a symbol of masculinity.