The astonishing village where little girls turn into boys aged 12
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
12:01AM BST 20 Sep 2015
In a remote village in the Dominican Republic girls become boys at puberty because of a rare genetic disorder
In every way, Johnny is physically and biologically male. But, astonishingly he did not grow a penis until he hit puberty.
He is one of many children who live in Salinas, an isolated village in the southwestern Dominican Republic, who are seemingly born female, only to become men in their teenage years.
Although Johnny’s story may seem extraordinary, cases of little girls turning into boys are so prevalent in the village that it is no longer considered abnormal. The children are simply referred to as the ‘guevedoces’ – which literally translates as ‘penis at 12’
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