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Originally Posted by orlok
That was my assumption, though of course Stella could have had both sets of organs?
That said, I still believe he was fully a man, or surely something would have been discovered during the medical examinations by six eminent physicians whilst in police custody.
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I'm no medical expert but there have been cases--in one instance concerning an Olympic medal--where the individual seemed on external examination to be one gender, but in fact had both. In the case of the sportsperson, the external genitalia were apparently female. But there were no ovaries. the individual had internal testes and produced testosterone at least five times the amount of a woman. The problem was discovered by the presence of the testosterone levels and by medical scanning.
The individual concerned regarded herself as a woman and had no idea of the existence of the internal testes. In the end, she was allowed to keep her medals but I'm not sure what decision was made concerning future events.
That is why I suggested the presence of internal female organs in Stella. They could not possibly be found by an external examination and the idea of checking hormone levels was probably beyond the medical expertise at the time. If Jack Saul's testimony is correct then Stella was not fully functional as a man--though McKenna seems to have his own doubts about its reliability.
Stella's mother was evidently aware that her offspring had female characteristics and thought of herself as a woman. She obviously thought that there would be those who would accept Stella as such and would give her the freedom to exist in her preferred role.
All this is pure speculation, of course.