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breeding and agriculture?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits animal breeding?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"learn","name":"Learn","description":"Evolution and teaching.","layers":[{"id":"evolution","name":"Evolution","description":"Evolution of sexes.","findings":[{"id":"evolution-finding","name":"Evolution","description":"Evolution.","questions":[{"text":"Why did separate sexes evolve, and what explains variation in male traits across species?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How can biological sex be taught accurately and without stereotypes?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which misconceptions arise?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the biology of males across species.","Record sex in animal studies and husbandry it is authorized to support.","Explain how sex is determined across species."],"mustNot":["Use biological sex to justify discrimination against people.","Infer or disclose a person's sex or gender without consent.","Present one species' sex roles as universal.","Cull or harm male animals in breach of welfare law."],"requiresHuman":["Decisions about culling or managing male animals."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Male animals, such as chicks in egg production, are often culled.","Sex categories applied to people raise privacy and dignity issues."],"affectedParties":["Male animals","People","Intersex people"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the category.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q7239","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"organism","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"girl","type":"related","note":"a female human category"},{"target":"penis","type":"related","note":"male reproductive anatomy in 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usage"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Conflating sex and gender","Oversimplifying biological variation","Stereotyping"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Biological terminology standards","Data standards for recording sex","Anti-discrimination law regarding sex and gender"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Sperm-producing organisms.","male animals","male humans","male plants and fungi","male roles in kinship data","male organisms in breeding and agriculture"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q44148: male organism","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44148","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Male","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should male human be a separate entry?","How should data standards be linked?","How should biological variation be 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