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True or false: If you have more estrogen than testosterone in your body, then that means you are a woman

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The hormone balance / imbalance fluctuates...

If your proposition were true, DNA could be changed by external applications of hormones, rather than DNA providing a basic blueprint for the body's development.

Do you think loading up an XY individual with female hormones will spontaneously transform his DNA to XX? Or vice versa?
Dicey · 31-35, F
@SomeMichGuy No, but over a long enough period of time, I suppose those hormones could make the XY individual look very female.
@Dicey Yes, look and over a long time.

They can also affect how the "native" hardware works...or doesn't; one can be fully plumbed but not fully functional.