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5-alpha-reductase deficiency is a rare genetic condition that makes all children appear genetically female until puberty.  This disorder is common "[i]n an isolated village in the Dominican Republic."<ref name=":0" />  Because of this condition, gender cannot be assigned until puberty.   
5-alpha-reductase deficiency is a rare genetic condition that makes all children appear genetically female until puberty.  This disorder is common "[i]n an isolated village in the Dominican Republic."<ref name=":0" />  Because of this condition, gender cannot be assigned until puberty.   


In Simbari, a village in Papua New Guinea, girls who grow up to be men are called ''kwolu-aatmwal'', "or 'female thing that transformed into a male thing.'"<ref name=":0" />
In Simbari, a village in Papua New Guinea, girls who grow up to be men are called ''kwolu-aatmwal'', "or 'female thing that transformed into a male thing.'"<ref name=":0" /> But if in Salinas, the Dominicain village, a party is thrown to feast this event in the child's life, in Simbary, on the contrary, the child is rejected by his folks.


== Afghanistan ==
== Afghanistan ==
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