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However, Aaron Tarone from Texas A&M University pointed out that the study only focused on gender identification and not biological sex. He added, “A big issue here is gender versus sex. This research did not report sex of individuals, so it is unclear how correlated gender versus sex-biased odours are. This may or may not matter and likely ties to whether the odours are part of innate odour production versus gendered differences in chemical exposure to hands.”
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