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Gender identity outcome in female-raised 46,XY persons with penile agenesis, cloacal exstrophy of the bladder, or penile ablation.
- Source :
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Archives of sexual behavior [Arch Sex Behav] 2005 Aug; Vol. 34 (4), pp. 423-38. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This review addresses the long-term gender outcome of gender assignment of persons with intersexuality and related conditions. The gender assignment to female of 46,XY newborns with severe genital abnormalities despite a presumably normal-male prenatal sex-hormone milieu is highly controversial because of variations in assumptions about the role of biological factors in gender identity formation. This article presents a literature review of gender outcome in three pertinent conditions (penile agenesis, cloacal exstrophy of the bladder, and penile ablation) in infancy or early childhood. The findings clearly indicate an increased risk of later patient-initiated gender re-assignment to male after female assignment in infancy or early childhood, but are nevertheless incompatible with the notion of a full determination of core gender identity by prenatal androgens.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Bladder Exstrophy genetics
Child
Disorders of Sex Development psychology
Female
Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY psychology
Humans
Male
Sex Characteristics
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological therapy
Time Factors
Bladder Exstrophy therapy
Cloaca abnormalities
Disorders of Sex Development therapy
Gender Identity
Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY therapy
Penis abnormalities
Penis injuries
Psychosexual Development
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0004-0002
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of sexual behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16010465
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-005-4342-9