GIVING SEX: Deconstructing Intersex and Trans Medicalization Practices

• Published in: Gender & society Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 490 - 514
• Main Authors: DAVIS, GEORGIANN, DEWEY, JODIE M., MURPHY, ERIN L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; Gender; Gender construction; Gender identity; Gender variant; Ideology; Intersex persons; Medicalization; Medicine; Normativity; Parents; Parents & parenting; Pathology; Patients; Psychiatry; Sexes; Sexual behavior; Sexual intercourse; Sexuality; Transgenderism; medicalization; embodiment; intersex; trans

Although medical providers rely on similar tools to "treat" intersex and trans individuals, their enactment of medicalization practices varies. To deconstruct these complexities, we employ a comparative analysis of providers who specialize in intersex and trans medicine. While both sets of...