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Intersex
Intersex people are born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". Such variations may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.
Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", or congenitally "frigid". Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular, the term "hermaphro ...more
Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", or congenitally "frigid". Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular, the term "hermaphro ...more
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Bodies are not only biological phenomena but also complex social creations onto which meanings have been variously composed and imposed according to time and space.
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― Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience
― Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience
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[John] Money spent the rest of his childhood in a predominantly female household in consistent poverty. His childhood instilled in him a dislike of religious dogma and sexual prudery as well as a deep class-consciousness alongside his ambition to transcend his meager beginning, Science would become his religion.
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― How the Clinic Made Gender: The Medical History of a Transformative Idea
― How the Clinic Made Gender: The Medical History of a Transformative Idea
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