Michael. you really need to stick to areas with which you have even a modicum of knowledge. First, "estrogen" is not a hormone. "The estrogens" are a class of steroid hormones with feminizing effects (in the the adult). As for "the estrogen feminizing hormone," I have no idea what that is. During gestation estrogens don't really feminize adult behavior. In fact, there is some evidence that increased levels of estrogens in utero might actually masculinize the fetal brain. (Pollak, E.I. and Sachs, B.D. 1975. Masculine sexual behavior and morphology: Paradoxical effects of neonatal androgenization. Behavioral Biology 13, 401-411.). Second, there is, to my knowledge, no evidence that transgenders (or gays) have higher circulating levels of any estrogens in adulthood. There is circumstantial evidence of lower levels of androgenic hormones during fetal development but not in adulthood.
Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/ Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance Subject: Mosquitoes as transgender detectives? From: "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:45:08 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2 There is noted evidence that more females get bitten by mosquitoes than males.Apparenly mosquitoes are attracted to estrogen.It would stand to reason that transgender types,who report they feel like a female in a male's body,probably have a high degree of the estrogen feminizing hormone,and would invariably attract mosquitoes as well. The idea of using insects and animals to detect impending futuristic behavior is not new.We hear about dogs being able to smell cancer cells or even warn about epileptic seizures. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13521 or send a blank email to leave-13521-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
