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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... friends . Several others have given generously of their time , providing comments throughout my research and writing , and on earlier chapters and drafts . For this I thank Nico Taranovsky , Kristin Mapel Bloomberg , xi Acknowledgments.
... given us cause for reflection . Much like Caucasians who say they " have none " when asked to explore their racial identity , many women and men find it difficult to be reflective about how they know and " do " gender.1 This book ...
... given Claire and her future sexual partners . In fact , doctors classify a large clitoris as a medical con- dition referred to as " clitoral megaly " or " clitoral hypertrophy . " Conversely , small penises for anatomical boys , are ...
... Given that there has been very little follow - up research with 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 ...
... given an assignment to con- duct research on some aspect of medicine as it relates to families . My interest in intersexuality was sparked earlier that spring when I read Anne Fausto- Sterling's article " The Five Sexes : Why Male and ...
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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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