Sex (they call it gender but gender is usually thought of as more of a social construct rather than biological) is a tricky thing to determine. I have no idea what criteria they use to determine "female" but there are many things that complicate the situation. Take, for instance, androgen insensitivity. All fetuses start out female (basically) and those with an XY chromosome pair must receive the proper amount of androgen at the appropriate time during fetal development to develop into phenotypical males. Either a lack of androgen supplied to the fetus at the critical period or a mutation that renders the fetus insensitive to androgen will result in a fetus that has an XY chromosome pair but that develops phenotypically female characteristics. Complete androgen insensitivity results in undescended testes and a typically female outward appearance. However, there are many cases of partial androgen insensitivity and we honestly don't know enough yet to say what all the results are nor how often it occurs.
Hormones are tricky things and still poorly understood. A fascinating field of study for sure but by no means one that is cut and dried. Judah On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Tony<[email protected]> wrote: > > uh... dude, show me your package, or not... > > http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=4409318&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_4409318 > > i dont understand why its complex or why there is a question? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
