Question

List 5
common secondary sexual male and female
characteristics.

Answer 1

Secondary sex traits are qualities that arise in humans during puberty and in other animals during sexual maturity.  These qualities are most noticeable in sexually dimorphic phenotypic traits that identify a species' sexes but, unlike the sex organs (primary sex characteristics), are not directly part of the reproductive system. Pubic hair, larger breasts, and expanded hips in females, and facial hair and Adam's apples in males, are observable secondary sex traits in humans.

    1. These include the following in men:

• Body hair that is more prominent (beard, chest, etc.) and frequently coarser.
• Musculature that is thicker
• Features that are angular (i.e. square jaw, triangular mid-region)
• Hips that are too narrow
• Pectorals muscular (chest)
• Overall, there is less fat tissue.
• a deeper tone of voice.

   2. These include the following in women:

• Body hair qualities that aren't as noticeable (mostly in the pubic region, hair all over is usually finer)
• Musculature that is less dense
• Features that are rounded (i.e. softer facial features, hourglass mid-region)
• Hips that are wider (for childbearing)
• Breasts that are larger and have more fatty tissue
• Overall, there is more fat tissue.
• a louder voice