Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chromosome, Friends House, Gender Dysphoria

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Andrea Allen

Document Summary

Very short answer questions (1-2 sentences, bullet points) Deviation of ideal male or female body may be as high as 2% An estimated 1 in 300 infants are born with genetic anomalies of live births: having an extra chromosome. An estimated 1 in 4,500 infants are born with complex gender anomalies: male and female genitalia. The frequency of individuals receiving corrective genital surgery, however, probably runs between 1 and 2 percent of. Difficult to obtain numbers related to frequency because of issues dealing with variations, measurements and standards of identification. Relationship between treatment of intersexuality and transsexuality. Gid=dsd for some intersex activists: gender identity disorder, disorders of development. Synonym for older terms based on hermaphrodite. Question about what sex to assign (so after a sex is assigned, does the body continue to have a disorder"/ are they still intersex?) Ambiguity about true" self: not the normal" outcome.