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Gender destinies: assigning gender in Disorders of Sex Development‐Intersex clinics
dc.contributor.authorTimmermans, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorYang, Ashelee
dc.contributor.authorGardner, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorKeegan, Catherine E.
dc.contributor.authorYashar, Beverly M.
dc.contributor.authorFechner, Patricia Y.
dc.contributor.authorShnorhavorian, Margarett
dc.contributor.authorVilain, Eric
dc.contributor.authorSiminoff, Laura A.
dc.contributor.authorSandberg, David E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T15:21:59Z
dc.date.availableWITHHELD_11_MONTHS
dc.date.available2020-01-13T15:21:59Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.identifier.citationTimmermans, Stefan; Yang, Ashelee; Gardner, Melissa; Keegan, Catherine E.; Yashar, Beverly M.; Fechner, Patricia Y.; Shnorhavorian, Margarett; Vilain, Eric; Siminoff, Laura A.; Sandberg, David E. (2019). "Gender destinies: assigning gender in Disorders of Sex Development‐Intersex clinics." Sociology of Health & Illness 41(8): 1520-1534.
dc.identifier.issn0141-9889
dc.identifier.issn1467-9566
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/153282
dc.description.abstractBased on audio recordings of consultations in three U.S. paediatric multidisciplinary Disorders of Sex Development‐Intersex clinics, we examine the process of gender assignment of children with “atypical” genitalia. Rather than fully determined by the presence of biological sex traits, the gender assignment discussion hinges on how clinician and parent collaboratively imagine different aspects of what constitutes being a gendered person. They orient towards the potential for sexual intimacy, fertility, gender dysphoria, stigma, and gonadal cancer risk. While these futures remain inherently uncertain, clinicians and parents plan to mobilise gender socialisation and medical interventions to render their choice of gender a self‐fulfilling prophecy. Gender destinies capture that the child always had a specific, innate gender awaiting discovery, and presumes a project for medical and social monitoring, intervention, correction, and optimisation.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherPrinceton University Press
dc.subject.othersocialisation
dc.subject.otheruncertainty
dc.subject.othergender
dc.subject.otherfuture imageries
dc.subject.otherstigma
dc.subject.otherdecision‐making
dc.titleGender destinies: assigning gender in Disorders of Sex Development‐Intersex clinics
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociology
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelFamily Medicine and Primary Care
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153282/1/shil12974.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153282/2/shil12974_am.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-9566.12974
dc.identifier.sourceSociology of Health & Illness
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