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The needs of students with intersex variations.
- Source :
- Sex Education; Nov2016, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p602-618, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- To date, people with intersex variations have been mainly studied via small-scale clinical research, with only a small amount of reflective commentary contributed by sociocultural scholars. This paper reports on findings from a 2015 online Australian survey of 272 people with intersex variations, which aimed to redress the gap in research on this groups’ experiences and perspectives concerning education. Participants ranged in age from 16 to 87 years, and represented all Australian states and territories. Most had experienced two medical treatment interventions related to their intersex variation: commonly reported interventions included hormonal treatment and genital surgery delivered to participants when they were aged under 18 years of age. Participants reported various physical and psychological impacts from these treatments. Well-being risks were high; most of the group had engaged in suicidal ideation, particularly when individuals first found out about their variation. This impacted on their schooling – almost one-fifth of survey respondents had received no high school certification due to their early dropout and the overwhelming majority did not attend schools with inclusive puberty/sex education provision or counselling. Most survey participants had not disclosed their intersex variation to staff, although more than half had done so to their classmates. Many had experienced bullying. Only one-quarter of participants rated their overall education experiences positively. Participants suggested improvements to schools’ information provision and support features. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- INTERSEX people
HUMAN services
EDUCATIONAL attainment
GENITAL surgery
BIRTHPLACES
BULLYING
COUNSELING
SCHOOL dropouts
HORMONE therapy
MEDICAL referrals
NEEDS assessment
PUBERTY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SCHOOL health services
SCHOOL administration
SEX education
STUDENTS
SEX differentiation disorders
TEACHER-student relationships
DISCLOSURE
WELL-being
SUICIDAL ideation
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGY
DIAGNOSIS
THERAPEUTICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14681811
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sex Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118281575
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2016.1149808