How does Estrogen Affect Men?
Why Men Decide to Take Estrogen Estrogen, sometimes known as oestrogen, is the main female sex hormone. Estrogen is found in some birth control pills and is also used by women who have been through menopause to stabilize their hormones. For transwomen, or men who would like to transition into women, estrogen is popularly used as a hormone replacement. Transwomen who begin as men are advised by their doctors to take estrogen supplements to adopt more female characteristics to ease in the transition from man to woman. Estrogen causes both internal and external changes in the male body and many transwomen opt not to have a sex change after taking estrogen, as they feel that they are able to pass as women in society after just taking estrogen. Taking estrogen as a part of hormone replacement therapy is also used to ease the transition to prepare the body for a sex change, if desired. Doctors may also prescribe very small amounts of estrogen for men to reduce the spread of certain cancers a
