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The question seems to reflect the common thought among laypeople that there are "male hormones" and "female hormones". Traditionally these roles have been ascribed to testosterone and estrogen/progesterone, respectively. Indeed, the equivalence of testosterone as a "male hormone" is suggested even by early (circa 1930s) scientific descriptions of the chemical: it belongs to a class of hormones called androgens, which is from the Greek andros "man" and genao "to make".
Later work revealed that all sex hormones, including testosterone, the estrogens, and progesterone, are made by both sexes, albeit in different amounts. The notion of a gender-specific hormone was essentially moot.
Essentially, there is at least one example of a gender-specific hormone that's important during human (and primates in general) embryonic development. That's the testis-determining factor (TDF) encoded on the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY). Because it's encoded on the Y chromosome, only genetic males possess it. Thus TDF can be considered a gender-specific hormone.
I'm curious about the use of the term "gender" in "gender-specific" as opposed to the term "sex", as in "sex-specific". I think the latter would be more correct, as we're talking about biological sex and not gender identity.
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∙ 8y agoThe female hormone is called estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone leading to breast development and sexual maturity in human females.
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∙ 7y agotesterone and estrogen.T testosterone is the male hormone. Estrogen is the female hormone
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∙ 8y agoThere are two female hormones . They are estrogen and progesterone.
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Can you give me a sentence for the word hormones?
A sentence with the word hormones could be 1.) Men have a higher amount of hormones than women 2.) Men and women have the hormones
Hormones in human reproduction?
There are two main hormones that are responsible for the reproduction. For Men it is Testosterone and for Women it is Estrogen.
Why do girls get hormones?
Both men and women have hormones. If you mean why do women get hormonal then it's because they are certain times of the month (or the pregnancy period) when there are peaks in the levels of certain hormones in the body
Baldness is seen more often in men then women because?
growth hormones and the fact that women age slower than men
Women do not develop bulky muscles as men do because they have?
because women and men alone have different hormones whuch have specific functions to operate.
Why are different hormones in men and women?
because they need different hormones for different body parts for e.g boobs and dicks
Hypersecretion of the sex hormones may lead to masculinization in both men and women?
no
When women turn into men do they still have a period?
No the hormones most take disrupt the cycle.
Why do men get moody when girls PMS?
Women are moody when they are on their period because their hormones are out of whack.
Speculate on t5he reasons for differences in skin texture and hair between men and women?
hormones
What are the chances of pregnancy if a women is having dominat male hormones?
None. Men don't have babies.
How does estrogen out the uterus?
Estrogen is probably the most widely known and discussed of all hormones. The term "estrogen" actually refers to any of a group of chemically similar hormones; estrogenic hormones are sometimes mistakenly referred to as exclusively female hormones when in fact both men and women produce them. However, the role estrogen plays in men is not entirely clear.
