WGS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Christina Hoff Sommers, Secondary Sex Characteristic, Grammatical Gender
23 Jul 2016
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The five sexes, revisited anne fausto-sterling (2000) Cheryl chase, an activist for intersexual rights, had been invited to address the may 2000 meeting of the lawson wilkinds pediatric endocrine society (lwpes), the largest organization in the united states for specialists in children"s hormones. Herms (named after true hermaphrodites, people born with both a testis and an ovary) Merms (male pseudohermaphrodites, who are born with testes and some aspect of female genitalia) Ferms (female pseudohermaphrodites, who have ovaries combined with some aspect of male genitalia) The concept of intersexuality is rooted in the very ideas of male and female. Fausto-sterling reported an estimate of some 4% of all live births are intersexual. But really for every 1,000 children born, seventeen are intersexual in some form; 1. 7% is a ballpark estimate. Intersexuality has always been to some extent a matter of definition. Psychologist john money believed that gender identity is completely malleable for about 18 months after birth.
