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How common is intersex? | Leonard Sax MD PhD | Physician, Psychologist, and Author
Sometimes a child is born with genitalia which cannot be classified as female or male. A genetically female child (i.e., with XX chromosomes) may be born with external genitalia which appear to be those of a normal male. Or, a genetically male child (XY chromosomes) may be born with female-appearing external genitalia. In very rare cases, a child may be born with both female and male genitalia. Because these conditions are in some sense “in-between” the two sexes, they are collectively referred to as intersex.
I loved this next part........
Fausto-Sterling maintains that human sexuality is best understood not as a dichotomy but as a continuum.
So true....I could line up 100 males and 100 females from least masculine/most feminine to most masculine/least feminine and the truth of that statement would be obvious to all but the very lowest on the thinking continuum.
Sometimes a child is born with genitalia which cannot be classified as female or male. A genetically female child (i.e., with XX chromosomes) may be born with external genitalia which appear to be those of a normal male. Or, a genetically male child (XY chromosomes) may be born with female-appearing external genitalia. In very rare cases, a child may be born with both female and male genitalia. Because these conditions are in some sense “in-between” the two sexes, they are collectively referred to as intersex.
I loved this next part........
Fausto-Sterling maintains that human sexuality is best understood not as a dichotomy but as a continuum.
So true....I could line up 100 males and 100 females from least masculine/most feminine to most masculine/least feminine and the truth of that statement would be obvious to all but the very lowest on the thinking continuum.