Is it true that boys when developing as babies are originally girls?

Question

I heard today that all boys are originally girls when developing in the womb. And that the girls genitalia for e.g. the clitoris turns into a p***s. Is this true or just a myth?

Answer 1

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_men_hav...

Answer 2

What? Being male has to do with the Y chromosome, maybe you should ask in one of the medical boards of answers.

Answer 3

yes, it's true.

Answer 4

No that's not true. All fetus' just don't have a s*x genitalia at the beginning of their life in the womb. But that doesn't make them all females. The only thing that determines that is the XX or XY chromosome.

Answer 5

Yeah and at certain stages in the womb we also have a tail (the only bone in our body that serves no function the coccyx) and we even have rudimentary gills from when we lived in the ocean..

Answer 6

lol so then isnt it all girls are actually boys but dont grow a weeny but are axed by god.

Silly ?tion

Is it a boy

Is it a girl

Is it a plane

Or as the feminist would like to say, it is environment that makes you a boy or girl.

Answer 7

No, this is false.

s*x in a developing child is indeterminate until s*x differentiation takes place.  A fetus without a p***s is no more female than a fetus without a v****a is a male.

XY or XX can be a very strong indicator of the the resultant s*x of a child.  On the other hand, it is not guaranteed and is possible to have an (physiologically) XY female or an XX male.

Answer 8

Want proof?  Nipples!

Answer 9

yes. all kids before hitting puberty are more innocent and feminine. bring testosterone into the mix and everything gets so messed up. guys then turn into heartless, mean, rude, antifeminism men.

Answer 10

Yes it is true. All foetuses start out as female then depending on which chromosone they are XX or XY, these dictate how much testoerone should be given to the foetus. Thus the organs develop either female or male. Ovaries or testicles, clitoris or p***s.

It's why men still have nipples.

Answer 11

We begin s*x neutral until receiving certain hormones. It is a delicate and complicated process and doesn't always succeed. Sometimes too much or too little of a hormone affects s*x development.

Look back at a question from yesterday about how testosterone affects the female foetus of mixed twins.

Answer 12

Depends at the stage of development.  We all begin as females, in a strictly technical sense.  You might want to revise your question to get the answer you really need or want.

Answer 13

That is true.