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Intersex
Intersex people are born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". Such variations may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.
Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", or congenitally "frigid". Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular, the term "hermaphro ...more
Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", or congenitally "frigid". Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular, the term "hermaphro ...more
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La existencia de personas intersex demuestra que, a nivel biológico, no es tan clara nuestra división entre machos y hembras. La literatura médica reconoce muchísima variabilidad sexual. Entre otras clasificaciones, se ha planteado la existencia de cinco sexos: hombres, mujeres, pseudohermafroditas femeninas, pseudohermafroditas masculinos y verdaderos hermafroditas. Los tres últimos están agrupados en la categoría de intersexuales.
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― Dibujando el género
― Dibujando el género
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