Given Recent Advances in Our Understanding of the Complexities of Gender,which

question 52

Multiple Choice

Given recent advances in our understanding of the complexities of gender,which of the following courses of action are doctors more willing to consider when dealing with an intersex baby?

• A) Doctors are more willing to let parents decide which gender they want their child to be, and then take the medical steps necessary to make those changes occur.
• B) Doctors are more willing to use hormones prior to birth to allow intersex babies to develop normal genitalia on their own.
• C) Doctors are more willing to use plastic surgery to adjust intersex individuals' genitalia shortly after birth.
• D) Doctors are more willing to leave intersex individuals' genitalia intact and unaltered.

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