diff --git a/src/endWeek/saLongTermEffects.js b/src/endWeek/saLongTermEffects.js
index 8a663862b9771e30b906f728612338ba427d11e6..ad5cce9542a5e3ce9b0d374eb1c3f2a71eddbe0c 100644
--- a/src/endWeek/saLongTermEffects.js
+++ b/src/endWeek/saLongTermEffects.js
@@ -762,7 +762,12 @@ App.SlaveAssignment.longTermEffects = (function() {
 				slave.hormoneBalance += 20;
 			} else if (slave.balls > 0 && slave.pubertyXY === 0) {
 				slave.hormoneBalance -= 20;
+			} else if (slave.genes === "XX") {
+				slave.hormoneBalance += 5;
+			} else if (slave.genes === "XY") {
+				slave.hormoneBalance -= 5;
 			}
+			
 		}
 		/* androgyny really wants to sit around 0 and will fight changes to do so */
 		if (slave.geneticQuirks.androgyny === 2) {