Women's Studies 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gender Identity, Secondary Sex Characteristic, Pseudohermaphroditism
18 Dec 2017
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The two sex system embedded in our society is not adequate to encompass the full spectrum of human sexuality . Merms (male pseudo-hermaphrodites) ferms (female pseudo-hermaphrodites) females herms (true hermaphrodites) Those born outside of the platonic dimorphic mold are called intersexuals people who do not fit physical sexual characteristics or secondary sexual characteristics of strictly male or female. It is estimated that 1. 7% of births are to intersexual individuals. This rate is not uniform throughout the world. The decision to be male or female, or remain intersex, was completely up to the surgical doctor. Individuals that were reassigned at birth often reject their assigned gender later in life. Gender identity emerges from characters from the cellular level, the hormonal level, the anatomical level, and from environmental influences.
