What disorder of sexual development is described in the following passage?
"Subject 8 is the youngest of 8 children of a poor farm family and was thought to be a normal female at the time of birth. His mother died when he was age 4 years, and he was raised by an older sister. He says that he felt different from other girls and began to exhibit male behaviour by age 6. By age 11, virilization of the external genitalia was apparent, male secondary sex characteristics began to appear, and he began to have erections; despite the inward feeling that he was a man, he kept a female social sex and worked as a maid. At age 28 he commenced a long-term sexual relationship with a woman, and he sought medical help at age 30. Psychological evaluation revealed that he had a strong male libido and masturbated an average of 3 times a day. After surgery to correct the hypospadias, he married, adopted a child, and describes a satisfactory sexual life." (Mendonca et al., 1996, p. 66)

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The described condition is 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, a disorder where the body cannot properly convert testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), leading to virilization at puberty despite a female appearance at birth.

What Disorder of Sexual Development Is Described in the Following