L0031936 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Intersex Society of North America
www.isna.org PO Box 3070 MI 48106-3070
‘Phall-O-meter’ (Showing in actual scale current
medical standards employed to determine nature of
genital plastic surgery for children born with
mixed sex anatomy)
In copyright ?
Collection: Wellcome Imagesplease reblog the fuck out of this
… what the— is this legit!?
Yeah it is. The phrase “three standard deviations below the mean” is the common reason for removing a male fallus and assigning the baby a female gender.
If you think about it, this actually sums up, pretty well, our society.
Unfortunately, this is nothing new and is still used today. ~Mod A
can someone explain this to me in Lehman’s terms pleSe? im confused and don’t know why everyone’s losing their shit because i don’t really understand the diagram
Okay, so there’s a wide variety of genitals out there. Here is a very simplistic chart of a spectrum genitals can fall on:
Basically the clitoris and the penis are the exact same thing, very similar anatomy. Doctors will define it as a clitoris or penis depending on 1. if it has a urethra going through it and 2. it’s size. The diagram is the one they use to decide if they want to call the baby a girl or boy or intersex. Many babies are put through genital surgeries (sometimes without the parent’s knowledge or permission) to make them look more like a penis or more like a vulva which can cause many health problems as it is a surgery, or other problems related to being assigned a gender. Any kind of surgery that isn’t necessary for health should not be performed on babies because they cannot consent.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY SEX IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT!
i dont usually see tumblr talking about intersex rights and issues, so i am really happy to see this on here. please spread this information, because too many people dont know the truth about how intersex babies are assigned genders via surgery. 1 out of 1500 children are born intersex, and 1 out of 1000 children are given surgery to ‘normalize’ their genitals. this is a horrible and disgusting statistic that needs to be brought to everyones attention
october 26th (this sunday) is intersex awareness day, please spend some time reading about this issue. its extremely important and not well known
Tag: intersex
NIJI’S BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!!
DO YOU ENJOY BOOKS ABOUT TRANSSEXUAL AND INTER-SEX PEOPLE??? WELL THEN THIS IS THE GIVEAWAY FOR YOU!!!!
im trying to clean up my bookshelf and i really really loved these two books so im giving them away so that you can love them too!
more info under the cut!
i am giving away 2 GREAT books!
Luna by Julie Anne Peters and Annabel by Kathleen Winter
tell me about these books!
Luna is the story of a MTF transsexual as told by the point of view of his sister. The story talks about his sisters life and how she has had to accommodate for her brothers secret, as well as how it has affected them and thier relationships with their family, outsiders, and each other as they aged. although the story takes place when both are teenagers there are flashbacks to when they were younger. I think that it was very well written and i really enjoyed it!
Annabel is the story of a hermaphrodite brought up in Labrador Canada. the POV shifts throughout the story and is sometimes from their mother’s POV and later from their own. This story progresses in chronological order from the main characters birth all the way to when they are college aged. The story deals with the issues that arise when one does not fit into the gender binary and the conflicts that occur with the main character’s own self, the division that arise between them and their father, their father and mother, and society at large. It is a GREAT book and has some truly breath heartbreaking scenes
This book has been underlined by me in some places. I hope you are ok with that.
im not a book critic so i encourage you to look up revues online for something more coherent.
Tell us the rules already!
- you do not have to be following me to enter this giveaway! Nor will following me raise your chances of winning! but you can check out my blog and if it suits your fancy then i wouldn’t be against you following me either 🙂
- ONE like and ONE reblog per person!
- For US and Canada residents only! unless you pay for shipping. sorry but i am unemployed and trying to save up for NYCC so i cant really afford international shipping 😦 (why are books so heavy, sob sob)
- Please leave your ask box open! If you go over 24 hours without responding then i will pick another winner. also you have to be comfortable with sending me your shipping info so that i can send it to you.
- giveaway end September 6th!
GOOD LUCK!
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