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"Is it a boy or a girl? Our automatic first question about a new baby reveals how profoundly we believe that sex difference is natural and inborn, and how fundamental sex is to our conception of human identity. But, in fact, biologist and cultural critic Anne Fausto-Sterling shows in her new book that the answer to this seemingly basic question is more complex than we realize.
In her probing critique of scientific, medical and popular understanding of sex, Fausto-Sterling uses an examination of research, medical practice and astonishing real-life cases to shake the very foundations of our ideas about sexual difference.".
"Taking her cue from the burgeoning intersexual movement, Fausto-Sterling argues for an end to authoritarian medical interventions in intersex cases. Ultimately, Fausto-Sterling urges us to re-imagine more than just our labels for the parts and processes of the human body."--BOOK JACKET.
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Gender identity, Hermaphroditism, Sex (Biology), Sex Characteristics, Sex differences, Sex differentiation, Sex role, Intersexuality, Sexism, Philosophy, Human biology, Differences entre sexes, Identite? sexuelle, Differenciation sexuelle, Hermaphrodisme, Sexualite? (Biologie), Role selon le sexe, Human biology--philosophy, Disorders of sex development, Hq1075 .f387 2000, 2000 e-072, Qt 104 f268s 2000Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Sexing the Body
January 2001, Tandem Library
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Sexing the body: gender politics and the construction of sexuality
2000, Basic Books
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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
November 1999, Perseus Books
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"IN THE RUSH AND EXCITEMENT OF LEAVING FOR THE 1988 OLYMPICS, Maria Patiño, Spain's top woman hurdler, forgot the requisite doctor's certificate stating, for the benefit of Olympic officials, what seemed patently obvious to anyone who looked at her: she was female."
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