Personal characteristics, such as age and sex are taken into account.

个人的特征，如年龄和性别等，都要考虑进去。

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Miz Mead wrote that many so-called male and female characteristics are not based on sex differences.

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Steroid hormones, on the other hand, molecules like testosterone and estrogen, progesterone, the sex steroids that determine sexual characteristics and are important for reproductive function are molecules that are all derived from a similar source.

另一方面,类固醇类激素,像睾丸激素,雌激素,黄体酮这样的分子,性激素决定了性征,它对生殖功能十分重要,这类分子有着相似的来源

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That means that although she has been brought up as a girl and lives as a woman, she may prove to have both male and female sex characteristics.

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Premiums vary widely by marital status, age and sex because these characteristics point to potential claim activity.

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But he does not limit his observations to sex-specific characteristics.

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