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The androgen-insensitivity syndrome (AIS) and Rokitansky syndrome (RS) are clinically similar except for H-Y antigen, chromosomal sex, gonadal sex, and the cyclicity of sex hormonal functioning. Nine AIS women and nine RS women could not be distinguished systematically on any of the following variables: romantic and genitoerotic imagery/ideation; sensory channels of erotic arousal; gender orientation; satisfaction with feminine status; self-rating of sexual frequency and interest; masturbation experience; orgasm experience; attitude toward marriage; and attitude toward infant and child care. These findings indicate that neither H-Y antigen status, chromosomal sex, nor hormonal cyclicity directly determines the differentiation of gender-identity/role (G-I/R) as male, female, or ambiguous. By implication, these findings are relevant to heterosexual/homosexual theory.
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Supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grant #HD00325 and Grant #83086900, William T. Grant Foundation.
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Lewis, V.G., Money, J. Sexological theory, H-Y antigen, chromosomes, gonads, and cyclicity: Two syndromes compared. Arch Sex Behav 15, 467–474 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542311
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