If a flower has both male and female parts, does that mean that they are all transvestites?
370408
No they would be considered hermaphrodites not transvestites. A transvestite would be Clay Aiken while a hermaphrodite would be Dennis Rodman.
528965
Hermaphrodite is the correct name...This person is both male and female...it depends which sex/genda is more domineering as to what stands out.\n\nFor example:  A person looks female, but has a penis, but also has a uterus and ovaries for baby production.\nOr u can have a person that looks male but has a vagina.\n\nTo correct it depends on what the person wants there sex to be.  If they look female and want to be male they can have a hysterectomy where they remove all the uterus and leave them with a penis if they have them.\n\nIf it looks male then they do the opposite and can do the same surgery as above and make them female.
678915
no, I don't think they arrived fully formed male/female anything.  the genders started as single cells that split off in asexual reproduction, then perhaps some hermophodite reproduction then perhaps 2 genders.  There are some worms that can fertilize themselves.
883816
An anther is the pollen-bearing part of the stamen. An ovary is the ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit. A plant does not need all it's fruits to survive so it is probably this one. A sepal is one of the separate, usually green parts forming the calyx of a flower. An ovule is a minute structure in seed plants, containing the embryo sac and surrounded by the nucellus, that develops into a seed after fertilization.\n\nIn some species, unisexual (male or female) flowers are produced on separate plants. So a "male" plant would not need an ovary. Some plants have both male and female parts on one plant but other species have just the male or just the female.\n\nI could be wrong. I'm not 100% sure. Did they pass your test back with the answer marked wrong but the teacher didn't write in the right answer but you need to know it for the final? If so, which one did you pick that was marked wrong?
1135202
To start with, "all" means human beings -- not animals.  Secondly, in context with the theory of evolution, I don't believe it was a physical image in which He created us, but perhaps our souls that resemble Him.  As far as gender goes, God is neither man nor woman.  The male figure in early literature was always considered the dominant gender, so to represent God's dominion over the world, He has always naturally been assimilated to masculine terms.
784409
absolutely...hermaphrodites occur in just about any living organism that has differentiated genders...it's caused by a mix-up in the genetic pattern that determines physical gender differences during gestation/maturation...
1114460
the adams apple say's transsexual.
733244
I haven't heard that one yet... I'd guess either Female to Male crossdresser (as opposed to transexual) like the other person said, or maybe Female to GenderNonSpecified (ie. someone who's rejecting the binary gender concept entirely, and not trying to be either male or female.)
639005
No.  "Fetuses" by definition have already started to develop sexual organs.  However, embryos do not start out as females either.  They always have the genetic code of their sex from the time of fertilization.
330367
Hermaphrodites can if they have all of the normal female innards and ovulate, transexuals cannot because they do not have a uterus. Think about the umbilical cord... if their body can make one for the baby than the baby will survive.
188902
Parts of a flower:\n- carpel, female; stigma, style & ovary;\n- stamen, male; anther & filament;\n- calyx, flower bud protection; sepals;\n- corolla; PETALS & nectaries (if present).\n\n'Petals' is a  scientific name, they form part of the corolla.\nLook here:
879744
For the most part, males and females are genotypically the same until you reach Chromosome #23, the sex chromosomes.  For females, the 23rd chromosome is XX, while the males have XY.  They are labelled "X" and "Y" because they are shaped like the letters "X" and "Y" in their condensed forms.  \n\nThe embryo knows which sex to turn into based on the presence of the Y chromosome.  In all cases, all embryos will turn into a female UNLESS there is a Y chromosome.  The Y chromosome will trigger a series of biochemical pathways (which includes testosterone, the male hormone) that will activate some important items while inhibiting others.  The end-result is a male.\n\nIt has been argued that in evolution, the Y chromosome resulted from the cutting off of a portion of the X chromosome; it is up to you to decide whether or not you believe it.  \n\n\nPhenotypically, males and females differ in reproductive organs and breast development.  You might also be aware of the puberty onsets that take place in males and in females in their teens.  Males tend to have deeper voices than females, later growth spurts, and a more masculine physique.  Females begin their monthly cycles, and so on so forth.
148814
No. Don't confuse the common phrase that "we all start as female" with the individual set of chromosomes. XY embryos are male; the "activation", so to speak, of the factors that will lead that individual to have male characteristics (gonads, genitalia and secondary sexual characters) occurs some time after the start of embryonic development. Thus if one examines an earlier embryo, males are indistinguishable from females.\nBut they each have their XX (females) or XY (males) sexual chromosome pair, and the proteins coded in their genome will lead to normal development of either sex.
347404
Well, if a hermaphodite is both sexes, then the opposite would naturally be something with no sex. Asexual.
1105660
People are born with both genitals.  They're called hermaphrodites.
873196
No.  Just 2 transexuals in a relationship.
103370
I think you mean hermaphrodite. That is an organism (even human, but rarely) that has both male and female sex organs.