Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis Davis Georgiann Paperback
Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis Davis Georgiann Paperback Winner, 2017 Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological AssociationWinner, 2016 Donald Light…
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Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis Davis Georgiann Paperback
Winner, 2017 Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological AssociationWinner, 2016 Donald Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology, presented by the American Sociological AssociationA personal, compelling perspective on how medical diagnoses can profoundly hurt, or help, the lived experiences of entire communitiesWhen sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Davis' experience is not unusual. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to "protect" the development of her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her own medical records as an adult and learn the truth.
Many intersex people feel isolated from one another and violated by medical practices that
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