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17 Cards in this Set

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disorder of sexual development
biological condition in which sexual development atypical
transsexual
person born completely biologically normal
-identify with another gender
gender as omnirelevant
people see person as almost inhuman if don't have specific gender
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
XY
undescended testes
female external genitals
no menstruation
AIS: risk of testicular cancer
less than 5%
risk of breast cancer in normal woman
12%
existence of societies with 3rd gender suggest...
our gender dichotomy is socially constructed
Berdache
male genitalia, raised as neither
have specific social role
Hijas
males, some undergo castration, wear women's clothes
surgery really for
adults rather than children

-maintain social order, institutions
3 messages received by surgery patients
1. objects of medical interest, treatment
2. were not to know what's wrong with them
3. procedures were in their best interest
medicalization
process through which conditions come to be defined, treated as medical issues
symbolic interactionism
meaning of self and situation created in social interaction
labeling theory
deviance not inherent in person/situation, defined through social interactions
stigma
unwanted difference, culturally variable, defined through interaction
people don't fail to meet definition of normal...
confines of definition fail to meet people
social movements that invert stigma
black and beautiful
here, queer get used to it
hermaphrodites with attitude