ANTHRO 128B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Somatosensory System, Biopower, Intersex
16 Sep 2017
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In which medicine focused on parents" distress (and their own), assumed intersex people were unloveable, and pathologised them. Hence, the scientific community has, with remarkable unanimity, avoided contemplating the alternative route of unimpeded intersexuality (p. 472). Permit[s] ambiguity and in which medicine"s mission returns to preserving life (p. 472). She anticipates the difficulties of transitioning to such a utopia, particularly the. West"s anxieties around sex, homophobia, and childrearing(again turning to. Foucault"s idea of the denial of children as sexual beings). Implementing socially constructed stereotypes in natural science constitutes a powerful message suggesting these ideas are natural and beyond alteration. Natural science carries a certain value in today"s society and it is often presupposed that what it claims must be true. Therefore if natural science is projecting messages and illustrations that support and enhance social constructions, it is only likely that these ideals will be internalized by society and its individuals.
