First of all, I've never seen IOL before this, and second of all, she probably just snuck off and had a sex change operation. Or her brother took her place. Nevertheless, growing a penis doesn't make you a man; I like to think a y chromosome (and no extra X's) is the secret. But I suppose that may be sexist.
Actually there is documented evidence of females in South America "changing sex". What happened was they all share a common ancestor with something different in the DNA. I think it's a case of some physical development that normally happens before birth but it gets delayed until puberty. I don't know if this is the case with this story (21 sounds too old) and I don't have a link to the "documented evidence" I mentioned but I did see it on a documentary many years ago.
I have heard of a hermaphrodite's "male part" increasing dramatically in size during puberty so that a previously identified "female" looks "male", but that happens during puberty. 21 sounds too late...
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA Member
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 | 05:15 AM
There is a disease that causes a female to grow facial hair, and parts of the pubic area to drop into a phallic-like shape...or even for the clitoris to extend in a penile way...
But this doesn't sound like either of those things.
You know, there must be some sort of proportionality between penis length and other parts of the body, since there are lots of rules to the human body; people with big arms don't have small hands, for example. I just wonder if it ever has been studied seriously, and if so, if the information is available.
