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WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
Kiloku:
My Archive-Fu is terrible. When did Claire come out to Emily?
cesium133:
2572
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 20 Feb 2015, 05:59 ---I seem to recall first coming across the term "intersex" in a Judith Butler book. Butler being notoriously difficult, I didn't fully understand the concept. I've never heard of intrasex. Can anyone define?
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Glad you asked.
There's a wiki article on the subject that's pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
The legal definition in Australia - which I'll quote since I and many others came up with it as something we could all live with, even if imperfect:
--- Quote ---An intersex person may have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as one or the other sex. Intersex is always congenital and can originate from genetic, chromosomal or hormonal variations. Environmental influences such as endocrine disruptors can also play a role in some intersex differences. People who are intersex may identify their gender as male, female or X
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I for example identify as female. Convenient, as I'm being treated for "severe androgenisation of a non-pregnant woman".
Intra is the opposite prefix to Inter. Thus someone who is not Intersex is Intrasex. Meaning they have the biological attributes, and all of the biological attributes, of one sex or the other, not both, not neither. The case for most (98.3%) humans on the planet.
For more, see the relevant pages in the DISCUSS thread.
War Sparrow:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 20 Feb 2015, 07:19 ---
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 20 Feb 2015, 05:59 ---I seem to recall first coming across the term "intersex" in a Judith Butler book. Butler being notoriously difficult, I didn't fully understand the concept. I've never heard of intrasex. Can anyone define?
--- End quote ---
Glad you asked.
There's a wiki article on the subject that's pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
The legal definition in Australia - which I'll quote since I and many others came up with it as something we could all live with, even if imperfect:
--- Quote ---An intersex person may have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as one or the other sex. Intersex is always congenital and can originate from genetic, chromosomal or hormonal variations. Environmental influences such as endocrine disruptors can also play a role in some intersex differences. People who are intersex may identify their gender as male, female or X
--- End quote ---
I for example identify as female. Convenient, as I'm being treated for "severe androgenisation of a non-pregnant woman".
Intra is the opposite prefix to Inter. Thus someone who is not Intersex is Intrasex. Meaning they have the biological attributes, and all of the biological attributes, of one sex or the other, not both, not neither. The case for most (98.3%) humans on the planet.
For more, see the relevant pages in the DISCUSS thread.
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I'm glad you posted that. All I found for intrasex was sexual selection, and it didn't sound applicable at all.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: War Sparrow on 20 Feb 2015, 07:22 ---
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 20 Feb 2015, 07:19 ---
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 20 Feb 2015, 05:59 ---I seem to recall first coming across the term "intersex" in a Judith Butler book. Butler being notoriously difficult, I didn't fully understand the concept. I've never heard of intrasex. Can anyone define?
--- End quote ---
Glad you asked.
There's a wiki article on the subject that's pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
The legal definition in Australia - which I'll quote since I and many others came up with it as something we could all live with, even if imperfect:
--- Quote ---An intersex person may have the biological attributes of both sexes or lack some of the biological attributes considered necessary to be defined as one or the other sex. Intersex is always congenital and can originate from genetic, chromosomal or hormonal variations. Environmental influences such as endocrine disruptors can also play a role in some intersex differences. People who are intersex may identify their gender as male, female or X
--- End quote ---
I for example identify as female. Convenient, as I'm being treated for "severe androgenisation of a non-pregnant woman".
Intra is the opposite prefix to Inter. Thus someone who is not Intersex is Intrasex. Meaning they have the biological attributes, and all of the biological attributes, of one sex or the other, not both, not neither. The case for most (98.3%) humans on the planet.
For more, see the relevant pages in the DISCUSS thread.
--- End quote ---
I'm glad you posted that. All I found for intrasex was sexual selection, and it didn't sound applicable at all.
--- End quote ---
Thanks! So to summarize, both terms are biological, not identity-based? And intra- is essentially what we mean when we talk about normative gender/sex organ arrangements?
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