摘要
We are defined by sexual dimorphism. Male and female, the sexes we are （and are perceived to be）, affect how we feel, how we behave and how we interact with others. We look around and see all complex creatures, including ourselves, as either male or female. This is so much a part of our daily existence that it reinforces the idea of man- hood and womanhood as expressions of a natural order. We regard this division into two sexes as one of the great eternal verities and tend to experience the difference between the sexes as rather absolute. Subjectively, man and woman are seen as opposites, poles apart and mutually exclusive forms of human existence.
We are defined by sexual dimorphism. Male and female, the sexes we are （and are perceived to be）, affect how we feel, how we behave and how we interact with others. We look around and see all complex creatures, including ourselves, as either male or female. This is so much a part of our daily existence that it reinforces the idea of man- hood and womanhood as expressions of a natural order. We regard this division into two sexes as one of the great eternal verities and tend to experience the difference between the sexes as rather absolute. Subjectively, man and woman are seen as opposites, poles apart and mutually exclusive forms of human existence.
