On 11/17/05, Arash <arash at riseup.net> wrote:
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> >tremendously insensitive thing to do. However large the difference in their
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> >I don't propose a different gender for people with Down's syndrome, I say
> they suffer from a genetic disease.
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> But what about hermaphrodite/intersex cases? Wouldn't these fall into their
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> On this general thread, I think Bruce Reimer is an interesting case for
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> of men and women before any social construction has taken place. After
> losing his penis due to a botched circumcision as
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> an infant, his family with the help of a psychologist tried to raise him as
> girl with pretty terrible results.
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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dr_money_prog_summary.shtml
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