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Between the Sexes: The Hypocrisy of Society and Gender
Stephanie Lane Sutton

Being born intersexed assumes a great problem – parents and doctors struggle to figure out which sex to list on the birth certificate of newborns with genitals that are not clearly male or female. However, the issue which most assume is a biological conflict is actually indicative of a deeper social issue: the idea of gender identity. Being born with genitals that are neither male nor female poses little, if any, threat to health – the great issue is deciding if the infant is a he or a she, when their sex indicates neither. Gender identity is so ingrained into society there is little question as to whether it is biological to most people. However, the existence of intersexed persons, as well as those who transcend the typical notion of sex and gender in other ways, points out the flaws in this thinking.

To begin to understand the idea of gender construction, it is necessary to understand......

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