怪异村庄：女孩到12岁变成男孩_时事

怪异村庄：女孩到12岁变成男孩

拉丁美洲有一个与世隔绝的村庄，那里有很多人出生的时候似乎是女孩，但是到12岁时就会变成男孩。这里说的可不是性取向的转变，而是生理构造的真实变化。这些特别的孩子会在12岁左右长出阴茎，他们的心理也和正常男孩没什么两样。这种事情在这个村子很常见，当地人已经见怪不怪了。据认为，这种在青春期性别突变的情况是由于母体子宫内缺乏某种酵素导致的，而且已经延续了好几代人。

In every way, Johnny is physically and biologically male. But, astonishingly he did not grow a penis until he hit puberty.

约翰尼无论在外表上、生理上还是其他各个方面都是一个男孩。但令人惊讶的是，他到了青春期才长出阴茎。

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.

他住在多米尼加共和国西南部偏远的萨里那斯村。那里的许多孩子出生时看起来都是女孩，到了青春期才会变成男孩。

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’.

尽管约翰尼的故事听起来匪夷所思，但这种女孩变身为男孩的事情在这个村子里却很常见，人们已经见怪不怪了。这些孩子被称作guevedoce，字面意思 Johnny, 24, was originally named Felecitia by his parents and brought up as a girl. He spoke to Dr Michael Mosley for the new BBC2 series “Countdown to Life – the extraordinary making of you".