CAH occurs is autosomal and occurs in both males and females, but the reason we only talk about CAH girls is that the effects on boys are less noticeable
-> CYP21 is on chromosome 6 and encodes an enzyme normally present in the adrenal gland called 21-hydroxylase (21-OH). Individuals with CAH due to 21-OH defi ciency are unable to produce enough cortisol to suppress the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This results in an accumulation of products that normally become cortisol, which in turn results in increased production of androgen from the adrenal gland. This excess androgen has many of the same effects as testosterone produced by the testes in males
+> CYP21 is on chromosome 6 and encodes an enzyme normally present in the adrenal gland called 21-hydroxylase (21-OH). Individuals with CAH due to 21-OH deficiency are unable to produce enough cortisol to suppress the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This results in an accumulation of products that normally become cortisol, which in turn results in increased production of androgen from the adrenal gland. This excess androgen has many of the same effects as testosterone produced by the testes in males
There's a gradation in CAH—you can have a little 21-OH, or none at all
A section on gender ID, oh boy :/
> androgen does not appear to have a large effect on gender identity,
+Important!!
+> if anything, gender identity is more predictable from rearing than from prenatal androgen exposure (Mazur, 2005; Zucker, 1999).
+those cites are—
+Mazur, T. (2005). Gender dysphoria and gender change in androgen insensitivity or micropenis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 411–421.
+Zucker, K. J. (1999). Intersexuality and gender identity differentiation. Annual Review of Sex Research, 10, 1–69
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+> data from typical children show the independence of gender identity and gender-typed interests (Ruble, Martin, & Berenbaum, 2006).
+Ruble, D. N., Martin, C. L., & Berenbaum, S. A. (2006). Gender development. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 3. Social, emotional, and personality development. (6th ed., pp. 858–932). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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+> The social environment of these children is probably complicated. It is conceivable that the girls' boy-typical play made parents question the initial decision about female rearing, and this questioning was conveyed to the children.
+Well, yes
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+> most XY individuals with abnormal or absent penis (including, but not limited to ablatio penis and cloacal exstrophy) who are reared as girls grow up to identify as girls and women and to be happy with their assigned sex (Meyer-Bahlburg, 2005a)
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+https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/what-age-do-transgender-kids-know-trans/
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+https://www.facebook.com/groups/2264685517005985/posts/3513322952142229/
+> The kind of thing I find when cleaning Lily's room. The other day she made a petition to "save animals" but neither Jeff nor I would sign I unless she made it more specific.
+> [image, drawing] SAVE OUR PLANIT FRUM GRENHEWS GASIS
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+You
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