Just a little nitpicking....the character in *Middlesex* is a pseudohermaphrodite. A "true hermaphrodite" is much less common. A true hermaphrodite has sex organs of both genders, not just organs that appear to be ambiguous, such as what may appear to be an enlarged clitoris or a micropenis. 5-ARD affects only males.
I agree that "intersexed" is a better term - not only broader, but more accepted. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie < [email protected]> wrote: > The primary character is a hermaphrodite man with 5-alpha-reductase > deficiency. People like to argue about the definition of words but I think > "intersexed" is the broader category used to describe a variety of > conditions in which people have both male and feminine characteristics. > > Great book. > > Marie > > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College > Kaufman 168, Phone 717 245-1562 > Office hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 2:00-3:30 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:32 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology of Gender Question > > On 27 Sep 2011 at 16:57, Tollefsrud, Linda wrote: > > >One fiction book that has served me well is _Egalia´s Daughters_ by > >Gerd Brantenberg. An excellent non-fiction supplement would be _As > >Nature Made Him_ by John Colapinto. > > I'd suggest _Middlesex_ (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides. It's a sprawling > multi-generational epic novel, both an account of the (Greek) immigrant > experience and a personal story of a transgendered individual. I can't see > how it could be used in the classroom, but it would be an excellent > supplementary source for a student seeking a > (fictional) enrichment of classroom information in the psychology of > gender. > > Great novel. Wikipedia tells me it won a Pulitzer Prize. No indication > there's a major motion picture on the way, although Eugenides' earlier > novel, _The Virgin Suicides_ was turned into a successful one. > > Stephen > > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=13015 > or send a blank email to > leave-13015-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=13022 > or send a blank email to > leave-13022-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13023 or send a blank email to leave-13023-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
