Ambiguous Genitalia and Gender

In about one out of every 1500 hospital deliveries, infants are born with ambiguous genitalia. Faced with such situations, physicians have worked towards creating a standard approach for treating these infants. Dr. John Money has been the leading theorist in this field. Between 1955 and 1972, Money and his associates developed procedures for dealing with both the intersexed infant and the parents. These procedures included quickly assigning and surgically creating a gender for each baby. Over the years, …

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