Prenatal Exposure to Female Hormones

摘要: Two groups of boys exposed prenatally to exogenously administered estrogen and progesterone were studied on several parameters psychosexual development. Subjects twenty 6-year-olds 16-year-olds whose diabetic mothers received these hormones prevent pregnancy complication. Hormone-exposed compared with same-aged had not exogenous matched for age socioeconomic class. Sixteen-year-olds rated lower variables related general "masculinity," assertiveness athletic ability. Six-year-olds aggressivity There two cases hypospadias among experimental subjects. While it was possible rule out influences other than hormonal which may have influenced results, data suggest that prenatal sex hormone levels influence some aspects postnatal development in boys.