Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

So what is an Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome?

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. Individuals with this condition are genetically male, with one X and one Y chromosome in each cell. However, their bodies are unable to respond to or utilize androgens. Therefore, they exhibit mostly female external sex characteristics or signs of both male and female sexual development. They have a Disorder of Sexual Development (DIS), formerly referred to as hermaphroditism or Intersex. Typically, they are raised as female and believe themselves to be female. If they try to become pregnant, however, in spite of having a short vagina, they cannot do so because they do not have a uterus. This condition affects 1 in 20,000 to 64,000 XY individuals. More tomorrow