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Title: Ambiguous Medicine and Sexist Genetics: A Critique of the DSD Nomenclature
Post by: Natasha on August 16, 2008, 12:26:49 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 16, 2008, 12:26:49 AM
Ambiguous Medicine and Sexist Genetics: A Critique of the DSD Nomenclature
http://www.intersexualite.org/sexist_genetics.html (http://www.intersexualite.org/sexist_genetics.html)
By M. Italiano, M.B.B.S. (A.M.) and Curtis E. Hinkle
Many intersex persons around the world and their allies are concerned
about the new nomenclature, DSD or "Disorders of Sex Development",
which has been endorsed by the Chicago Consensus (1) to replace the
term "intersex". We believe that the categories proposed are not only
demeaning, but also scientifically flawed.
http://www.intersexualite.org/sexist_genetics.html (http://www.intersexualite.org/sexist_genetics.html)
By M. Italiano, M.B.B.S. (A.M.) and Curtis E. Hinkle
Many intersex persons around the world and their allies are concerned
about the new nomenclature, DSD or "Disorders of Sex Development",
which has been endorsed by the Chicago Consensus (1) to replace the
term "intersex". We believe that the categories proposed are not only
demeaning, but also scientifically flawed.