Development of Gender Identity in the Womb

July 6, 2010 - PRLog -- The Trans-gender world will soon welcome a wonderful new e-book addressing the issue of gender identity, transitioning and reassignment surgery. There are so many different terms in the gender identity world that the first thing the author felt was needed was to cut to the chase and define all the myriad of terms one comes up against from Gender identity disorder, gender dysphoria, tans-gender, transsexual and so on.

The book takes an in depth look at the development of baby in the womb and the hormonal factors which can affect the development of the fetal brain. If correct, and gender identity is influenced heavily by hormonal factors in early pregnancy, and scientists maintain that there is incontrovertible fact to back up this theory, then the 'nature v nurture' theory is knocked right out of the ballpark!

In the early stages of a pregnancy, research now shows that an over or under exposure to either testosterone,estrogen and Androgen levels can play a fundamental role in the development of the fetuses sexual and gender development and the development of the baby's gender identity.

There is also discussion about a controversial 1970's drug, Diethylstilbestrol (DES) which was primarily designed to prevent miscarriages but which, it is now believed, may have been a primary cause of those children exposed to the drug having a high incidence of Gender Identity issues.

One of the results was the birth of the occasional child which was born with 'uncharacterized genitalia' and the pressure this placed on parents and medical people alike, as there was a desire to accurately fill out a birth certificate and of primary importance was to label the child, a 'girl' or a 'boy'.

Where it was felt necessary there was a tendency to resort to surgery in some circumstances as it was felt that it was often better to act while the child was young and would not remember the procedures. Research has shown that many such children later express great dissatisfaction with their genitalia and the choices made for them by their parents.

Children affected by this drug have had to live with the choices made for them. Watch this site for further updates and reviews of this fabulous new e-book prior to its launch. Watch out also for the writer's Blogs on the various chapters of the book.

Ash Stevenson

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