An article in the latest issue of the Gullible Inquirer claims that a person was born with both a penis and a clitoris. Why is that impossible?

A) Each depends on a different hormone, and it is impossible to have both estrogen and testosterone.
B) The clitoris does not develop until well after birth.
C) A person with an intermediate level of testosterone and estrogen would develop no sexual structures at all.
D) Both develop from the same structure found in the fetus.

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TaNyla Davis · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Both the penis and clitoris develop from the same structure in the fetus called the genital tubercle. However, during fetal development, the presence of certain hormones like testosterone can cause the genital tubercle to grow into a penis, while the absence of these hormones or presence of other hormones like estrogen can result in the growth of a clitoris. Therefore, it is not impossible to have both structures, as they originate from the same tissue.

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