2. Important Note!
Some transphobic language and human
anatomy revolving around the genitalia
will be spoken about for the sole
purpose of educating others. This
powerpoint is being made with the sole
purpose to educate others. You’re free
to step out at any time, no hard feelings
3. An intersex person is someone who was deemed
to not have “clearly male” or “clearly female”
genitalia at the moment of birth. What’s defined as
“clearly male” is the penis NOT being shorter than
a specific length. What’s defined as “clearly
female” is the clitoris NOT being longer than a
specific length.
If the child has a “mixture” of genitalia (testicles
and a vagina as an example) then they are deemed
“intersex”
5. The term “hermaphrodite” is a dated term in the
medical community. In reality, no human is capable
of being a hermaphrodite. Animals that are
hermaphrodites have both female and male genitalia
AND can get themselves pregnant. Humans that
exhibit both male and female genitalia can NOT get
themselves pregnant.
6.
7. Specific Conditions
The following slides covers some of the “big”
conditions that fall into the intersex
umbrella. Some conditions vary from
person to person, depending on the
individual’s biology and chemistry.
17. David Reimer was born an identical (non-intersex) twin boy in
1965. When David was 8 months old, David and his brother each
had a minor medical problem involving his penis, and a doctor
decided to treat the problem with circumcision. The doctor
accidentally cut off all of David’s penis. At the advice of a
psychologist, David’s parents agreed to have him “sex
reassigned” and made into a girl via surgical, hormonal, and
psychological .
For many years, the psychologist (John Money) claimed that
David (known in the interim as “Brenda”) turned out to be a “real”
girl with a female gender identity. Money used this case to
bolster his approach to intersex, one that relies on the
assumption that gender identity is all about nurture (upbringing),
not nature (inborn traits), and that gender assignment is the key
to treating all children with atypical sex anatomies.
TO BE CONTINUED….
21. Ethics and Intersex (International Library of
Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)
by Sharon E. Sytsma (Editor)
This collection of 21 articles is designed to
serve as a state-of-the art reference book for
intersexuals, their parents, health care
professionals, ethics committee members, and
anyone interested in problems associated with
intersexuality. It fills an important need
because of its uniqueness as an
interdisciplinary effort, bringing together not
just urologists and endocrinologists, but
gynecologists, psychiatrists, psychologists,
lawyers, theologians, gender theorists, medical
historians, and philosophers. Most contributors
are well-known experts on intersexuality in
their respective fields. The book is also unique
in that it is also an international effort, including
authors from England, the Netherlands,
Germany, Australia, India, Canada and the
United States.
22. Intersex and Identity by Sharon
Preves
In Intersex and Identity: The Contested
Self, sociologist Sharon Preves
explores how people with intersex
conditions experience and cope with
being labeled sexual deviants in a
society that demands sexual
conformity. By demonstrating how
intersexed people manage and create
their own identities, often in conflict with
their medical diagnosis, Preves shows
that medical intervention into
intersexuality often creates, rather than
mitigates, the stigma these people
suffer.
23. Fools for Love by Lisa Lees
Carys has never willingly worn a dress and
Jami, who has, is intersexed. Teenage love
is never easy, but for Carys and Jami love
is an often terrifying journey in self-discovery
and trust.
Carys, a senior, meets home-schooled
Jami at a week-long Arts
Camp where she is clowning (as a tramp
named Lovelorn) and
Jami is helping teach a photography
course. Carys is immediately attracted to
Jami and boldly sets out to determine if the
interest might be mutual. Jami surprises
herself by telling Carys that she is
intersexed, and so begins a sometimes
very emotional process of figuring out what
it would mean for Carys and Jami to be in
love, and eventually to make love. They
continue to see each other when the Arts
Camp ends, becoming involved in each
other’s activities and interests.
24. For more books….
For more books, please go to this website!
http://www.isna.org/books
25.
26. For more information
If you are interested in learning more about
intersex individuals, please visit this
website (http://www.isna.org/). It’s a
community dedicated to spreading
information about the intersex individuals.