Driedger, Sharon Doyle,
Gender Paradoxes. Sharon Doyle Driedger. - Maclean's, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 73, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Gender Paradoxes, May 26, 2003; pp. 33-35.
"Intersex is more prevalent than people realize, occurring in roughly one of every 2,000 newborns. That makes it nearly as common as cystic fibrosis. But it has been wrapped in so much secrecy that many don't even know it exists." (MACLEAN'S) This article discusses how people born with intersex conditions, "a range of conditions in which an individual has a mix of male and female biological features," are working to educate people to shed the stigma and shame that has surrounded them in the past.
1522-3248;
Gender identity
Generative organs--Surgery
Hermaphroditism
Sex (Biology)
Sex determination--Diagnostic
Sex differentiation disorders
AC1.S5
050
Gender Paradoxes. Sharon Doyle Driedger. - Maclean's, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 73, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Gender Paradoxes, May 26, 2003; pp. 33-35.
"Intersex is more prevalent than people realize, occurring in roughly one of every 2,000 newborns. That makes it nearly as common as cystic fibrosis. But it has been wrapped in so much secrecy that many don't even know it exists." (MACLEAN'S) This article discusses how people born with intersex conditions, "a range of conditions in which an individual has a mix of male and female biological features," are working to educate people to shed the stigma and shame that has surrounded them in the past.
1522-3248;
Gender identity
Generative organs--Surgery
Hermaphroditism
Sex (Biology)
Sex determination--Diagnostic
Sex differentiation disorders
AC1.S5
050