Fausto-Sterling - Sexing the Body

458 Index
Money and Ehrhardt’s definition, 257–
258n(9)
uncertainty about, 302(nn 48, 50)
unknown to self, 285(n108)
See also Gender; Gender [identity] development
Gender [identity] development
and body image, 282–283(n74), 293(n134)
and developmental systems theory, 243–
250, 249(fig), 374–375(n60)
Diamond’s theory, 67–70, 68(fig),
284(n92), 287(n116)
and early sex assignment, 63, 66–71
and environmental factors, 375(n64)
and genitals, 244. See also subhead Money’s
theories
Hampsons’ theories, 63–64, 282–
283(n74), 356(n91), 357–358(n100),
358(n102)
Money’s theories, 63–64, 66–73, 76,
283(nn 83, 86). See also Joan/John
Gender norms
deviation from, 110–111, 244. See also Intersexuality
sex assignment as means of maintaining, 8,
27, 44, 58, 66, 75–76, 80, 281(n52)
See also Sex: cultural importance of two-sex
model
Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School (Thorne),
248–249
Gender roles
changing, 101
defined, 257n(9)
Genes/genetics
and developmental systems theory, 236–
238, 270–271(n114), 368–369(n13),
369(n17)
DNA and RNA, 236–237, 369(n14)
inheritance of character traits, 320(n82)
modern concepts of, 235–236
See also Eugenics; Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Genital abnormalities. See Hermaphroditism
Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism and
Related Adrenal Diseases (Young), 42–44
Genitals
cultural genitals, 110–114
as defining element in sex determination,
76, 110–114. See also Sex assignment
development, embryonic through birth,
48–50, 50(fig). See also Sexual development
and gender development, 244. See also
Money: gender identity development theory;
Sex assignment
genital variability, 85, 300(nn 29–30). See
also Intersexuality
visual representations of, 47(fig), 47–48,
277(n9), 300(nn 29–31)
See also Clitoris; Genital surgery; Penis;
Phallus; Vagina
Genital surgery
abusive nature of medical treatment, 86
in adolescence/adulthood, 88–91(table),
96–100(table)
clitoral surgery. See Clitoral surgery
criteria for success, 80, 82–83(table), 87,
88–91(table)
as destructive, 101
difficulty of creating male organs, 59
glansplasty, 86
goals, 57–58, 85–86
and malpractice, 306(n93)
medical silence/lies about, 64–66, 80–85.
See also under Sex assignment
multiple surgeries, 62, 83(table), 86–87,
88–90(table), 301(n42), 302(nn 45–46)
as mutilation, 79, 296(n9)
pain/scarring following, 62, 80, 85–87,
88–89(table), 300–301(n33), 301(nn
36, 39)
parental refusal of, 58–59, 92–93
penile surgery. See Hypospadias
perceived urgency of, 275–276(n1),
276(n2). See also under Sex assignment
poor success rate, 80, 88–91(table)
proposal to delay, 79, 81, 88–89(table)
psychological effects (negative), 80–87,
302(nn 48, 50)
risks, 85–87, 276(n2)
and sexual pleasure, 80–81, 82–83(table),
84–87, 88–91(table), 277(n12),
296(n9), 296–297(n11), 298(n19–20),
298–299(n22), 300(n28), 300–
301(n33), 301(n39)
studies of, 82–83(table), 85, 296(n9), 296–
297(n11), 298(n19), 300(nn 28, 32),
300–301(n33), 301(n36), 302(nn 45–
46), 304(n64)