Sex, Intersex, and the Making of "Normal"

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Sex, Intersex, and the Making of "Normal"
HNN
By Elizabeth Reis
26 July, 2010


http://www.hnn.us/articles/129443.html


Physicians have had a long, painful relationship with those born with intersex conditions, or atypical sex development.  Two recent controversies have highlighted this uncomfortable history.  They have focused unusual attention on matters usually concealed, and they give us an opportunity to examine our prejudices toward heterosexuality and "normal" bodies.