Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

Analysis of Hines et al 2003 Study on CAIS Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is a disorder that comes from defects in the androgen receptor gene (Hines, et al 2003). This causes the external genitalia to be female at birth with underdeveloped internal genitalia (Hines, Ahmed, Hughes 93). Since the genitalia are female appear female, most people with this disorder are pronounce female at birth and are thus raised as females. In fact, people with this disorder are more feminine at puberty due to testosterone being converted to estrogen. CAIS is extremely rare. It affects 1 in every 20,000 births. The disorder is usually diagnosed at birth because the genitals appear different however it somestimes is not seen until puberty. There is no physical treatment for CAIS …show more content…
Women with CAH had less heterosexual tendencies than those of women in the control group. Men without CAH did not differ in sexual orientation from men with the disorder. Out of the females with CAH, 31% stated their orientation as bisexual or homosexual (Hines, Brook, and Conway 78). Women with and without CAH also differ greatly in core gender identity. For both, women with CAH reported a struggling identification as female while males with and without CAH reported no differences in identification. In fact, men with the disorder reported a stronger male identity (Hines, Brook, and Conway 78). The result of this study was that men with CAH were found to have no significant differences from unaffected males in sexual orientation or core gender identity. However, there were tremendous differences between women with and without Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Women with CAH were shown to exhibit more male typical play as children, and then weakened core gender identity as adults. Women without the disorder exhibited regular female-typical play as children and then unaffected core gender identity as