Sex News

August, 1981

A Very Popular Drug along the Russian-Polish BorderLast August, we told you that synthetic progestins influence the masculinity and femininity of those who are exposed to them in the womb. Commonly used to avert miscarriages, progestins have been given to millions of pregnant women in the past 30 years.A recent study at Rutgers University links synthetic progestins to aggressive behavior. (And we thought it was all television's fault.) June Machover Reinisch of Rutgers' psychology department tes...