Intersex Primer - Personal, Political, Scholarly

[blacksquirrel]

So, many of you may remember the blow-up a few weeks ago about medical research which surgically intervened to "normalize" the shape and size of the clitoris/"micro-penis" in underage girls, followed by the use of vibrators to measure the girls' level of retained genital sensation. There was tremendous outcry and disgust, followed by a few posts

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[syredronning]

Thank you for sharing your great posting and your resources! :)

[blacksquirrel]

Thank you for reading and commenting :)

[jouissant]

Thanks so much for this post.

[blacksquirrel]

You're welcome - thank you for stopping by.

[easilymused1956]

Thank you for sharing your deeply personal story. I mourn with you for the loss of your sibling.

Renee

[blacksquirrel]

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

[chaosraven]

Thanks for this! I've been sort of at a loss on where to start for intersex issues since that whole debacle went down.

[blacksquirrel]

You're welcome - I hope that this provides a place to start :)

[brewsternorth]

Here via a link on my friendsfriends. Many thanks indeed for sharing these resources!

[blacksquirrel]

Thank you for reading and commenting - I hope the resources are useful!