"Our culture conceives sex anatomy as a dichotomy: humans come in
two sexes, conceived of as so different as to be nearly different species.
However, developmental embryology, as well as the existence of
intersexuals, proves this to be a cultural construction."
Did you know that there are actully up to 5 sexes? It's a spectrum, and it happens a lot more than you would think. Alice Domurat Dreger says 1 out of every 100 children is born with a body that differs from a standard male or female.
In some cultures intersexual people are considered to be part of a 3rd gender, could you imagine our culture being that accepting? It seems that in our society the only appropriate thing for you to do if you are intersexed is to choose male or female, but what does that say about our identity and culture? But who is really doing the choosing? Mostly its the parents, because they want to "fix" the problem as fast as they can, but what if its not the right choice, how would they know? What if that individual grows up feeling like they are in the wrong body? Some of the medical procedures ruin that persons sex life FOR life, and that seems so unfair to me. I'll write more later..
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Lexi, this topic is so exciting. Im glad to see you pushing yourself to come up with ideas that go beyond what we've seen before and really ask what new things can be explored. Keep it up!
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