Can a Biological Force Contribute to Gender Identity?

Can a Biological Force Contribute to Gender Identity?

The authors describe six persons who were raised as members of their assigned sex but who felt that they belonged to the opposite sex. At puberty all developed some sort of cross-sex change, in effect confirming their earliest gender wishes. A possible explanation is that a biological force-a hidden...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of psychiatry 1968-06, Vol.124 (12), p.1653-1658
Hauptverfasser: BAKER, HOWARD J, STOLLER, ROBERT J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Child Rearing
Disorders of Sex Development - etiology
Dreams
Fantasy
Female
Humans
Identification (Psychology)
Klinefelter Syndrome
Male
Sex
Sex Chromosomes
Testis - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:The authors describe six persons who were raised as members of their assigned sex but who felt that they belonged to the opposite sex. At puberty all developed some sort of cross-sex change, in effect confirming their earliest gender wishes. A possible explanation is that a biological force-a hidden hormonal or CNS aberration-exerted an effect upon gender identity development.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/ajp.124.12.1653