I probably should have made my previous post a little more clear: a 5-ARD male, while possibly having some primary female sex characteristics, will not have true female reproductive organs and will not have a uterus and ovaries, and thus cannot become a "mother." Beth Benoit
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Beth Benoit <[email protected]> wrote: > 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=13025 or send a blank email to leave-13025-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
