Yasmin and Martin's First Child Was Born with What Physicians

question 107

Multiple Choice

Yasmin and Martin's first child was born with what physicians called "ambiguous external genitalia." There was much pressure from the doctors and the hospital's "gender identity team" for the new parents to accept the label and to have their child "fixed" even though the baby did not display any physical health problems.What sociological concept reflects this scenario?

• A) an elite discourse from the medical community
• B) an elite biological reality
• C) a socially constructed expectation of normative sexuality
• D) the medical discourse of biological determinism

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