@atomicpoet speaking of genetics and gender, there is a condition where a child is born appearing to be a girl, but it isn't until puberty does that child go from having vagina, to having a penis, in spite of no gender-affirming care at all. It's all hormones.
The condition is called "5α-reductase deficiency". And as the name implies, it's when someone has a deficiency in an enzyme called 5α-reductase. That enzyme is supposed to metabolize testosterone into a more potent androgen called 5α-dihydrotestosterone (or DHT or short). So given that the child is deficient in such a powerful masculinizing hormone, the child doesn't develop masculine characteristics until puberty.
There are reports of these children being OK with being raised as girls, but then live the rest of their adulthood as men. Some of these men proudly carry a female name that their parents gave them when they were born.
@manlycoffee @atomicpoet Oh, I've seen a documentary on TV a few years ago featuring this. There is a whole village in South America where there is a large ratio of children having this condition.
Unfortunately they often get bullied in their teens, after transitioning. :( So it's not really accepted that much even though it is very common.
Found a link which describes it in more detail:
https://guardian.ng/life/las-salinas-the-village-where-girls-become-boys/
Nature can be crazy interesting.
