Dan Seitz

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Michael is a regular XY male, but he has five-alpha-reductase deficiency, which means he’s missing the enzyme that converts testosterone into a chemical that’s crucial to developing the sex organs before birth. This means that he was genetically male, but his genitalia were ambiguous.
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
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