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Biological Processes Are Never Universal

Biological Processes Are Never Universal

The process of sex differentiation ensures that human fetuses are born with distinct external & internal genitalia (which is used to assign their sex at birth).

However, in a small town in the Dominican Republic, a community known as the "Guevedoces" (translating to "penis at twelve") undergo a different process of sex differentiation.

Many of them are brought up girls due to the absence a penis & testes & the presence of a vagina.

When puberty approaches, some of their male sexual organs grow, and their biological sex is reassigned as male according to their genitalia.

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Just a queer, brown, psychology undergraduate ranting about random things I come across. I organize my thoughts in little, informative chunks and try to cite my sources. #psychology #society #marxism #philosophy #leftist #LGBTQ #gay #trans #queer

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