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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... Social aspects . 3. Gender identity - Social aspects . I. Title . RC883 .P74 2003 616.6'94 - dc21 2002012493 British Cataloging - in - Publication information is available from the British Library . Copyright © 2003 by Sharon E. Preves ...
... social movement and witness firsthand the impact of this movement on the treatment and perception of intersexed children and adults . I also didn't know that I would meet so many incredible people along the way , some of whom have ...
... social . What's more , many of us have never had the occasion to explore our gender or sexual identities , because neither has given us cause for reflection . Much like Caucasians who say they " have none " when asked to explore their ...
... social agreement . We have , as humans , created categories for bodies that fit the norm and those that don't , as well as a systematic method of surgically attempting to correct or erase sexual variation . That we have done so is ...
... social iso- lation , as well as perseverance and strength of spirit , and eventual pride in their unique bodies and perspectives . Personal Narratives Being labeled as a misfit , by peers , by family members , or by medical diagno- sis ...
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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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