Carole Hooven, Ph.D.
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They have no acne.
They don't have to shave.
I worked with a student very closely who had this condition.
It's a difficult condition when you're a normal teenager and you learn that's a difficult situation.
A lot of these are very challenging.
With the estrogen.
Yes, that is my understanding.
And I don't know enough about exactly why that is and how it works.
I'm not surprised.
I think estrogen is very important in men, in adults.
It may be important in early development in some ways that we don't yet understand.
In Western populations, because we don't, hunter gatherers tend not to have that.
Well, they start out with lower testosterone because, again, high testosterone is expensive to maintain.
Most animals keep it low and only raise it when females are fertile and they need to compete.
So that's why.
Like we're animals, basically.
Like the red deer, you know, grow.
Their testicles grow.
They grow weapons on their head.
They become horny.