Abstract
Over the past couple of decades, there have been some remarkable advances in understanding the biological processes that underlie both normal and abnormal physical sex differentiation. 1 Vilain E Genetics of sexual development. Ann Rev Sex Res. 2000; 11: 1 PubMed Google Scholar , 2 Vilain E McCabe E Mammalian sex determination From gonads to brain. Mol Genet Metabol. 1998; 65: 74 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (80) Google Scholar During this same time period, there has also been progress in understanding the mechanisms—both biological and psychological—that underlie psychosexual differentiation (a term that I define and decompose below) in people whose physical sex differentiation is normal and in people where it is not. 3 Ruble D Martin C Gender development. in: Damon W The Handbook of Child Psychology (5th ed.). Vol. 3. Social, Emotional, and Personality Development. New York, Wiley, N Eisenberg1998: 933-1016 Google Scholar , 4 Zucker K Biological influences on psychosexual differentiation. in: Unger R Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender. Wiley, New York2001: 101-115 Google Scholar
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