Why Are Doctors and Parents So Quick to Seek a Surgical

question 65

Multiple Choice

Why are doctors and parents so quick to seek a surgical "fix" for babies born intersexed?

• A) Intersexed babies face serious health risks later in life.
• B) Intersexed babies may die otherwise.
• C) The prospect of an ambiguously gendered person seems threatening and disturbing.
• D) Doctors and parents can always tell the sex a baby was meant to be.
• E) It is impossible to change a baby's sex later in life.

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