1. Who will make room for the intersexed?
- Author
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Haas, Kate
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INTERSEXUALITY , *SEX differentiation disorders , *SEX (Biology) , *PEDIATRIC surgery , *INTERSEX people , *GENDER identity , *GYNECOLOGIC surgery , *MALE reproductive organ surgery , *MARRIAGE law , *DECISION making , *FEMALE reproductive organs , *MALE reproductive organs , *HISTORY , *HUMAN reproduction , *MEDICAL laws , *PSYCHOLOGY of parents , *PERSONALITY development - Abstract
Focuses on the treatment for infants born with intersex conditions, a condition of having primary and secondary sexual characteristics that are neither clearly male nor female. Performance of genital reconstruction surgery to render the child a clear sex; Effect of the surgery on the child; Failure of physicians to consider the role of chromosomes on the gender identities of individuals.
- Published
- 2004
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