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Atypical Gender Development

Published on Feb 11, 2020

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Atypical Gender Development

Trauma

 Coates et al. - one boy with gender dysphoria - defensive reaction to mother's depression after an abortion

Hormones and CAH

 abnormal prenatal exposures o androgens

EVALUATIONS

LACK OF SUPPORT FOR TRAUMA

LITTLE RESEARCH SUPPORT. INDIVIDUALS WITH GID HAD THE SAME PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS AS THE GENERAL POPULATION

INCONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR CAH

DESSENSET ET AL. 250 GENETIC FEMALES WITH CAH - 95% WERE CONTENT WITH REMAINING FEMALE.

CHALLENGES TO THE BRAIN SEX THEORY

BSTC DIFFERENCES ARE ONLY PROMINENT AT ADULTHOOD, BUT MOST REPORT FEELINGS OF GID AT CHILDHOOD

RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR BSTc

RAMETTI, FTM - SIMILAR PATTERN TO GENDER IDENTITY SEX (MALES) THAN TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX (FEMALE)

ALTERNATIVE BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS RATHER THAN GENETICS

INSECTICIDE DDT, CONTAINS OESTROGEN. MALES WHO ARE PRENATALLY EXPOSED MAY DEVELOP GID

SOCIALLY SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE RESEARCH

IF BIOLOGICAL THEY DON’T HAVE A ‘CHOICE’, THEN PEOPLE ARE MORE UNDERSTANDING