University professor sheds light on closeted intersex controversy
Elizabeth Reis aruges that 'Disorder of Sex Developement' is not an adequate label
By Camille Rasmussen | Freelance reporter
Published: Thursday, October 28, 2010
http://www.dailyemerald.com/news/university-professor-sheds-light-on-closeted-intersex-controversy-1.1733045Secrecy, shame and unethical experimentation are a few of the key issues that have historically surrounded intersex.
Elizabeth Reis, a University history and gender studies professor, discussed the controversies and history of intersex in the U.S. at a lecture in light of the University Women's Center hosting Intersex Awareness Week.
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Reis primarily argued in the lecture against the newly adopted label of Disorder of Sex Development (DSD), which has widely replaced the term intersex in the medical world and beyond.
"It's too pathologizing," she said.
