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1 Women’s Studies Senior Seminar
Engendering The Sciences: “Non-Normative Bodies” And The Construction Of Scientific Authority Women’s Studies Senior Seminar Chelsea Azevedo

2 POINT OF FOCUS Feminist critique of scientific discourse
“Non-normative bodies” Call to end forced genital reassignment surgery (GRS) on interexed infants

3 OUTLINE Introduction Critique of current standard protocol
“John/Joan Case” “Gendering the Science of Genital Reassignment Surgery” “Ethics: How GRS Violates the Cardinal Rule of Consent and Informed Consent Conclusion

4 JOHN/JOAN CASE Bruce Thiessen/Brenda Thiessen/David Reimer
Dr. John Money Born a genetic XY male Reassigned in infancy because of damage to phallus Re-Reassignment David Reimer: August 22, 1965-May 5, 2004

5 THE BIAS OF INHERENT SEXISM WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF GRS
Sex Re-Assignment Default Adequacy/Normalcy Female=Inferior Pre-Judgment of Maleness “Microphallus” “Psychosexually devastating”

6 CONCLUSION Perpetuation of a false dichotomy
Cultural framework of GRS Advocation of cessation of forced GRS at birth


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