Review of: Ulrike Klöppel: XX0XY ungelöst. Hermaphroditismus, Sex und Gender in der deutschen Medizin. Eine historische Studie zur Intersexualität. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2010.
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https://doi.org/10.14766/864Keywords:
Körper, Sexualität, Transgender, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschlecht, GenderAbstract
Ulrike Klöppel’s extensive study shows that hermaphroditism has, over and over again, caused medical science to study the variety of factors that set the gender – shape and form of the genitals, gender according to chromosomes, gender according to gonads (testicles vs. ovaries), hormonal balance, gender role and gender identity – and to try to determine a mandatory affiliation with a certain gender. In addition to a historical part which mainly sheds light on the medical history of the Early Modern Age, the Age of Enlightenment, and the 19th century, the second part of the study illustrates the correlation between the forming of the gender concept and the related paradigm change in the treatment of intersexuality.
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