Last updated on:
2/25/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Eugen Steinach Biography
- Title:
- Endocrinologist, Former Director of the Biological Institute of the Viennese Academy of Sciences
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“In ‘constant homosexuals’, their male-hormone-producing tissue degenerated and they developed opposite-sex secretions.”
Feminization of Males and Masculinization of Females, 1913
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Reported anatomical differences in the interstitial cells in the testicles of homosexual and heterosexual men, 1917
- Demonstrated that sexual behavior is consistent with sex glands by performing successful experiments transplanting male guinea pig sex glands into females and female guinea pig sex glands into males, 1912
- Appointed Director of the Biological Institute of the Viennese Academy of Sciences, 1912
- Education:
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- None found
- Other:
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- Born: 1861
- Deceased: 1944