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Title: Sex, Intersex, and the Making of "Normal"
Post by: Butterfly on July 27, 2010, 05:22:34 PM
Post by: Butterfly on July 27, 2010, 05:22:34 PM
Sex, Intersex, and the Making of "Normal"
HNN
By Elizabeth Reis
26 July, 2010
http://www.hnn.us/articles/129443.html (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.
HNN
By Elizabeth Reis
26 July, 2010
http://www.hnn.us/articles/129443.html (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.