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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