Intersex and Identity: The Contested SelfRutgers University Press, 2003 - Всего страниц: 213 Approximately one in every two thousand infants born in America each year is sexually ambiguous in such a way that doctors cannot immediately determine the child's sex. Some children's chromosomal sexuality contradicts their sexual characteristics. Others have the physical traits of both sexes, or of neither. Is surgical intervention or sex assignment of intersexed children necessary for their physical and psychological health, as the medical and mental health communities largely assume? Should parents raise sexually ambiguous children as one gender or another and keep them ignorant of their medical history? Drawing upon life history interviews with adults who were treated for intersexuality as children, Sharon E. Preves explores how such individuals experience and cope with being labeled sexual deviants in a society that demands sexual conformity. Preves frames their stories within a sociological discussion of gender, the history of intersex medicalization, the recent political mobilization of intersexed adults, and the implications of their activism on identity negotiation, medical practice, and cultural norms. By demonstrating how intersexed people manage and create their own identities, often in conflict with their medical diagnosis, Preves argues that medical intervention into intersexuality often creates, rather than mitigates, the stigma these people suffer. |
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... adults . I also didn't know that I would meet so many incredible people along the way , some of whom have profoundly changed my life . The people who generously consented to share their most private and emotional life stories with me ...
... adults around her . Indeed , there was nothing ambiguous about Claire's sex before the surgery . She has XX chromosomes , has functioning female reproductive organs , and later in life went through Beyond Pink and Blue 3 Chapter Stigma ...
... adults across North America who had childhood experiences remarkably similar to Claire's . Their stories are laden with family and medical secrecy , shame , and social iso- lation , as well as perseverance and strength of spirit , and ...
... adults born intersexed , and the success and value of medical sex assignment has recently been called into question , such in - depth exploration of their experiences and perspectives is crucial to a more nuanced understanding of the ...
... adult intersexuals to come forward and tell their stories . From this point , they began to form intersex support and advocacy groups , spurring the beginnings of a burgeoning intersex social movement . Due to the fact that these events ...
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Seeds of Change | 87 |
Intersex Pride | 125 |
Chapter 6 | 144 |
Chapter 7 | 159 |
Notes | 173 |
Glossary | 189 |
Index | 207 |
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