During the early 1970s, Dr. Julianne Imperato, a Cornell endocrinologist, conducted an expedition to the Dominican Republic to investigate reports of an isolated village where children appearing to be girls turned into men at puberty. In the village, these children were known as 'guevedoces' (literally, penis at 12 years).

In an isolated village of the southwestern Dominican Republic, 2% of the live births were in the 1970's, guevedoces (actually male pseudohermaphrodites). These children appeared to be girls at birth, but at puberty these 'girls' sprout muscles, testes, and a penis. For the rest of their lives they are men in nearly all respects.

Click here for pictures: http://www.usrf.org/news/...doces.html
[Edited 11/4/05 10:58am]

link not working. but still thats weird.

brownsugar said:

Ok. U can try again now. This is a fascinating phenomenon that I am currently studying.

How old is DOOK?

PANDURITO said:

Is he from the Domincan Republic?

And here we get to #6 - Age 42.....

6. And for the rest of their lives, the guevedoces resemble the other Dominican men in all respects except:
* Beard growth is scanty.
* There is no hairline recession.
* None has acne.
* The prostate remains small.

It all sounds like a good deal to me, but I want to know if their penis stays that small, like in picture #5.

dreamfactory313 said:

brownsugar said:

not you but the photos

brownsugar said:

I kinda figured that. These photos are not an easy sight to view for alot of peeps. They can be very disturbing.

PANDURITO said:

Where the hell did you find this bump?

I smell an x-file.

How cool. Wonder if their characteristics changed? Testosterone levels etc....

i'm a little confused on the pics. is that suppose to be the same person in all the shots at different stages? because if so, the hair also changes at 8 years of age, then goes back to it's original 'nappiness'.

dorgish said:

Im taking an advanced Biology course and the current subject manner one day last week was gonadal development and we focused on various forms of the hermaphrodite phenomenon including Guevedoces of the Dominican Republic. We looked at a series of slides and I thought it was so interesting that I found a website with photos on it to share with u guys and gals.

I think the photos are of different people taken at various age groups who have Guevedoces.

thesexofit said:

The testosterone levels build up until the male is about 12 years old, then their testes desend and their secondary sex characteristics develop. After that, their testosterone levels are the same as a normal malle.