Comparative Reproductive Output of Androphilic and Gynephilic Males in Samoa.
Debate exists in the behavioral sciences regarding the extent to which androphilic males reproduce compared to their gynephilic counterparts. Quantitative data that might speak to this debate are surprisingly rare. Here, we compared the reproductive output of 235 transgendered, exclusively androphil...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 363 - 368 |
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