CAH

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a disorder which is inherited from parents and it greatly affects the adrenal glands. An example is a genetic female who is exposed to more testosterone than the average female making her more masculine. 

This really got my attention while reading the text. I had no idea that an abundance of testosterone could affect the development of the fetus. Sure I knew about smoking, drinking, drugs, but hormones? That was shocking. I guess I didn't think about hormones because they are supposed to be regulated by your body. I thought it was that way for everyone I was wrong.

This disease affects both physical and mental aspects of the female (I decided to use female because that is the gender that is used in the text). Its interesting how the female mental state is more in tuned with that of a males because of the high levels of testosterone they were exposed to. 

Girls with CAH are more likely to choose a more "boyish" toy like a car or gun than girls without CAH. They are more "boyish" in their actions as well. They can be considered tomboys since they like to tumble and wrestle. While girls not affected act like typical girls (tea parties, keeping clean, dresses, etc). CAH girls also differ in adolescents as they are more into "manly" hobbies and interests like sports. In adulthood they have more of a probably of occupying male dominated fields.