Man
The term
man
(pl: men)
is used for an adult human male
(the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent).
However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as
"Men's rights".
The term
"manhood"
is used to refer to the various qualities and characteristics attributed to men such as strength and male sexuality.
Woman
A
woman
(pl: women)
is a female human.
The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent.
However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as
"Women's rights".
Childbirth
the term
Childbirth
(also called labour, birth, partus or parturition)
is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus.
The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour:
the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. In many cases, with increasing frequency, childbirth is achieved through caesarean section, the removal of the neonate through a surgical incision in the abdomen, rather than through vaginal birth.
In the US and Canada it represents nearly
1 in 3
(31.8%)
and
1 in 4
(22.5%)
of all childbirths, respectively.
Childbirth is routinely treated as a medically-centered hospital event in Western society, although prior to the
20th century
it was a woman-centered event that occurred at home.
The term
man
(pl: men)
is used for an adult human male
(the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent).
However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as
"Men's rights".
The term
"manhood"
is used to refer to the various qualities and characteristics attributed to men such as strength and male sexuality.
Woman
A
woman
(pl: women)
is a female human.
The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent.
However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as
"Women's rights".
Childbirth
the term
Childbirth
(also called labour, birth, partus or parturition)
is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus.
The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour:
the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. In many cases, with increasing frequency, childbirth is achieved through caesarean section, the removal of the neonate through a surgical incision in the abdomen, rather than through vaginal birth.
In the US and Canada it represents nearly
1 in 3
(31.8%)
and
1 in 4
(22.5%)
of all childbirths, respectively.
Childbirth is routinely treated as a medically-centered hospital event in Western society, although prior to the
20th century
it was a woman-centered event that occurred at home.
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