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Re:High levels of oestrogens in the womb linked to autism by citruscomputing on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:26PM (#20587365)
phytoestrogen != estrogen

If this were true, all the pre-transition trans women I know would be eating a LOT more soy. Unfortunately, it's not, and can even have the opposite effect, by binding to receptors that estrogen would, preventing it from acting normally.

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Re:High levels of oestrogens in the womb linked to autism by arbitrage on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:02PM (#20587740)
The idea of consuming phytoestrogen in pre-HRT transwomen is pretty widespread, in my experience. Unsure where the idea came from, but it is definitely "in the air".

> and can even have the opposite effect

This part gets omitted a distressing amount of the time, unfortunately.

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