Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes

by Gerald N. Callahan

Book Overview

What makes someone a boy or a girl? Is it external genitalia, chromosomes, DNA, environment, or some combination of these factors? Not even doctors or scientists are entirely clear. What is clear is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556527853
• ISBN13: 9781556527852
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview

I suggest you have read some evo-devo before delving into this book. The premise is that gender is at least as malleable as eye color, body height and weight, and many other characteristics. Beyond that, there are many variations past XX and XY, and the current thinking is to place every child squarely into the XX/XY dichotomy. Additionally, recent medical practice has been to do so with or without consent of parents??? (no verification or sources of this) - a plea for acceptance of those that fall somewhere between these two endpoints - and an attempt at scientific explanation of how much diversity there is in between. I recommend this book, even though I thought it could have been better written. The information is substantial and crucial to our understanding of gender.