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"
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:45:08 -0400
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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.
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