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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... Sex Assignment Chapter 3 Stigma , Secrecy , and Shame Chapter 4 Seeds of Change 385 1 23 60 87 Chapter 5 Intersex Pride 125 Chapter 6 Implications of Intersex Mobilization 144 Chapter 7 Methodological Appendix 159 Notes 173 Glossary 189 ...
... sex assignment of intersexed children . After my initial introduc- tion to the subject in a course on gender and science , I wanted to know more . I wanted to know how people experience and cope with sexual difference in a culture that ...
... more of a continuum rather than a dichotomy . The criteria for what counts as female or male , or sexually ambiguous for that matter , are human standards . That is , bodies 2 INTERSEX AND IDENTITY Chapter Medical Sex Assignment.
... sex characteristics that are surprisingly " opposite " their sex of assignment . Some forms of sexual ambiguity are inherited genetically , while others are brought on by hormonal activity during gestation , or by prescrip- tion ...
... sex is called into question . The social expectation for gender stability and conformity is prevalent across social spheres . Nearly every aspect of social life is organized by one's sex assignment— from schooling and relationships , to ...
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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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