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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Nature, 1871
II.THAT selection in relation to sex has been an important factor in the formation of the present breeds of animals was more than indicated in the “Origin of Species,“and the theory has since been especially worked out by Professor Haeckel.
P. Smith
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Sex Determination: Turning on sex

Current Biology, 1994
The orphan nuclear receptor, steroidogenic factor 1, is central to the differentiation of male and female mammalian gonads. It controls the fate of the initially bipotential gonad as well as later male-specific functions.
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Sex or no sex, reproduction is not the question

BioEssays, 2011
Thirty years after Margulis [1] proposed her theory on endosymbiosis and almost a century since Fisher’s work [2] laid the ground for the modern theory of evolution, the question surrounding the evolutionary benefit of sex is still sparking great interest [3].
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Effects of Sex and Sex Roles on Same-Sex Touch

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1994
Touch is an important aspect of nonverbal behavior. Important aspects of the relationship of gender and sex roles with same-sex touch were highlighted. 259 subjects participated in the procedure, yielding a significant difference between men and women on same-sex touch.
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Global Sex Workers

, 2018
Global Sex Workers presents the personal experiences of sex workers around the world. Drawing on their individual narratives, it explores international struggles to uphold the rights of this often marginalized group.
K. Kempadoo, Jo Doezema
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Sex differences in immune responses

Nature reviews. Immunology, 2016
S. Klein, K. Flanagan
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Bodies That Matter On The Discursive Limits Of Sex

, 1993
J. Butler
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Sex and Sex Differences

2013
Male and female fetuses differ not only chromosomally but also hormonally. In addition, the postnatal social environment differs for boys and girls, as well as for men and women. Genes, hormones, socialization, and cognitive development combine to produce different behavior between the average male and female, as well as individual differences in sex ...
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Sex Differences in

, 2016
Self-Concept Variables
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Sex differences in social behavior : a social-role interpretation

, 1987
A. Eagly
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