Shall it be male or female say the cells,
And drop the plum like fire from the flesh.
-Dylan Thomas

We are all females until mom gives us a shot of testosterone or estrogen, as the case may be, and our fate is sealed at least in terms of which sex we will be. Well maybe. There are several ways we can be male of female; physically, genetically, and of course, the most complex of them all, socially. It is in this wondrous womb of life, while we are drenched in hormones, that lots and lots of the wiring in our brains take place too. A little too much testosterone after I got my estrogen bath and I get more male wiring? I wonder if its a simple as that? Is that what makes tomboys, lesbians? Or are these things political choices? Frankly, I didn't have a choice about being a tomboy, prissy girl was not an option. Did my mom do this to me with her raging hormones at the time?

We had gills too. We must go through the entire evolutionary process while we are being manufactured. It is only too bad that we have no real memories of it and that memories come later after all the really good stuff in done.