Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. Atypical congenital variations of sex characteristics This article is about intersex in humans. For intersex in other animals, see Intersex (biology). Not to be confused with Hermaphrodite. Intersex topics Human rights and legal issues Compulsory sterilization Discrimination Human ...
The Phall-O-Meter satirizes clinical assessments of appropriate clitoris and penis length at birth, and the definition of ambiguous genitalia. It is based on research published by Suzanne Kessler . The OGR stated that gender non-conformity was a physiological threat which affected an individual's ability to function in normal society.
Sex assignment (also known as gender assignment [1] [2]) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare provider such as a midwife, nurse, or physician. [3] In the vast majority of cases (99.95%), sex is assigned unambiguously at birth.
Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. [1] Androgyny may be expressed with regard to biological sex or gender expression.. When androgyny refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to conditions in which characteristics of both sexes are expressed in a single individual.
Intersex people have many different gender identities, [2] and so there is no presumption that people on this list have any particular sex assigned at birth, nor any particular gender identity. This list consists of well-known intersex people. The individual listings note the subject's main occupation or source of notability.
Sometimes, ambiguous genitalia could occur, where the clear distinction of external genitalia is absent in both male and female. Hence, examination (typically at birth) is carried out where the sex of the patient will be determined through imaging and blood tests. [4]
XX male syndrome, also known as de la Chapelle syndrome, is a rare intersex condition in which an individual with a 46,XX karyotype develops a male phenotype. [2] Synonyms for XX male syndrome include 46,XX testicular difference of sex development (or 46,XX DSD) [3] [4] [5] [6]
Genetic sex is determined solely by the presence or absence of the Y chromosome (presence = male, absence = female). Because these two factors (hormone release and genetic existence of a Y chromosome) combine to determine sex, it is possible (though rare) for a mix-up to occur. This situation can arise in a number of different ways.