Humans can sniff out gender

Study adds to controversy of whether people have pheromones

GENDER BENDER  Steroids found in men’s sweat and women’s urine may alter how people perceive gender. Sniffing the steroids influences how people describe walking dot figures (with gaits ranging from feminine at left to masculine at right).

W. Zhou et al/Current Biology 2014

Just a whiff of a man’s armpit could reveal his gender — to people attracted to males, at least.