male · sex
a person whose biological sex differs from that of a female
Examples
- In 2023, a human male named Alex Rivera donated blood at a clinic in Toronto, where his XY chromosomes were confirmed via karyotype analysis. biology
- The 1987 World Health Organization report classified male sex as defined by presence of Y chromosomes and testes in human fetuses observed in prenatal screenings. institutions
- A 2022 genomic study at MIT compared gene expression in tissue samples from 150 male humans, identifying SRY gene activity on chromosome Y. computing
Emergence
through: biological sex and difference interact to distinguish a subclass within persons defined in contrast to female
- sexual distinction in people
- asymmetric contrast to female
- socially situated sex class
Chain to foundations
as tree
- maleL17
- sexL13
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- femaleL2
- matterL1 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- peopleL6
- othersL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- setsL3
- patternL0 (shown above)
- othersL2 (shown above)
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- changeL1
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- persistL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- othersL2 (shown above)
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- touchL3 (shown above)
- groupsL5
- timeL0 (shown above)
- othersL2
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | sex.biological | is-a |
| contrasts-with | female.sex | contrasts-with |