Julia Rucklidge (1995) Incorporating Estrogen's Masculinizing Role
. Psycoloquy: 6(18) Sex Brain (2)
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Psycoloquy 6(18): Incorporating Estrogen's Masculinizing Role
INCORPORATING ESTROGEN'S MASCULINIZING ROLE
Commentary on Fitch & Denenberg on Sex-Brain
Julia Rucklidge
Programme in Clinical Psychology
Room 292, Education Block
2500 University Drive N.W.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, T2N-1N4
jrucklid@acs.ucalgary.ca
Abstract
The role of estrogen in differentiating the sexes may not
be as clearly defined as Fitch & Denenberg would have us believe.
Although their presentation of the feminizing role for estrogen was
intriguing, I question whether it can be so easily categorized and
wonder where the research on estrogen's masculinizing role fits
into their model.
Keywords
corpus callosum, development, estrogen, feminization,
ovaries, sensitive period.
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