The Medical Contruction of Gender

Question 1

How does the US view gender? (generally)

Answer 1

As a strict binary, based on the way sexual organs look.

Question 2

What is the definition of intersex, according to the reading?

Answer 2

A condition in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male

Question 3

What are the attitudes towards intersexuality

Answer 3

1. Medical Advanments allowed the creation of genitals (thereby “fixing” them)
2. Feminist movement, questioning why values are being defined by sexual oragnes
3. The separation of gender identity and gender roles