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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" /> But if in Salinas, the | 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 Dominican village, a party is thrown to feast this event in the child's life; in Simbari, on the contrary, the child is rejected by his folks.<ref>Lise Loumé. ''Sciences & Avenir''. 23 September 2015</ref> | ||
== Afghanistan == | == Afghanistan == | ||