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Increasing estrogen blood levels will literally cause any male-sex person to become more empathetic via oxytocin...

• wayoutthere 7y ago
  Probably better to say "assigned male at birth" -- I'm not genetically male, but everyone assumed I was until I got tested after transitioning. The best medically relevant definitions are "person on testosterone", "person on estrogen" etc. There is a lot of suspicion that things like estrogen/androgen receptor binding affinity play a big role in gender identity and brain development, and we haven't even scratched the surface of that level of genetics. There is no medically or legally significant difference between "gender" and "sex". You can get the sex/gender (different states use different terms interchangeably) on your drivers' license and birth certificate changed.
  • BonerBoi420 7y ago
    you're wrong, boys have penises and girls have vaginas
  • bonerman69 7y ago
    I don't understand how 'person on test/est' makes sense in context of this post. The article implies just the opposite. That xy chromasome males (who all experienced a fetal testosterone surge, assuming they have normal male sex organs) tolerate testosterone better than males who had a smaller test surge, and obviously more than an xx female. I guess chromesomes are biological not 'medical'?
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  • BonerBoi420 7y ago
    Sex =/= gender. Sex is determined by your chromosomes.