GENDER ASSIGNMENT

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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the term used for the classification of an infant at birth as either male or female. Children born with ambiguous genitalia are usually assigned a gender by parents or physicians. See gender reassignment.

GENDER ASSIGNMENT: "Gender assignment is the classification of a baby at birth."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME
  2. GENDER
  3. OROGENITAL ACTIVITY
  4. GENDER IDENTIFICATION
  5. GENDER SCRIPT
  6. GENDER IDENTITY
  7. GENDER REASSIGNMENT
  8. ANDROGYNY 1
  9. PROCEPTIVITY
  10. GYNETRESIA
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "GENDER ASSIGNMENT," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/gender-assignment/ (accessed January 20, 2019).
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