Factors in Determining Sex

Sex - Factors in Determining a Person's Sex

How can we determine whether a person is female or male?

For an exact determination of sex one has to distinguish between at least seven factors, and each of these factors can have atypical exceptions:

1. Chromosomal sex
2. Gonadal sex
3. Hormonal sex
4. Internal accessory reproductive structures
5. External sex organs
6. Sex of assignment or rearing
7. Sexual Self-identification