androgenization

alternative androgenisation

1. uncountableThe development of male sexual characteristics, especially after treatment with androgens.First known use 20th c.

   The global androgenization hypothesis predicts that neighboring males will masculinize both AGD and 2D:4D and, therefore, that AGD and 2D:4D will correlate within sexes.

   2007 December 14, Peter L. Hurd, Allison A. Bailey, Patricia A. Gongal, Reginia H. Yan, John J. Greer, Silvia Pagliardini, “Intrauterine Position Effects on Anogenital Distance and Digit Ratio in Male and Female Mice”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI

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   Girls exposed in utero to high levels of progestins, which induce prenatal androgenisation, were described as being tomboys as youngsters, but showed ‘stereotypically feminine sexual behaviour’ as adults.

   2011, Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, “Never Mind the Bollocks”, in London Review of Books, section 33.9