Intersexion Plenary
I think this plenary was very interesting because it taught us about people who identify as being intersex. Additionally, it taught us that the definition of intersex has many broad definitions but essentially it is referring to a group of people who were born with both female and male genitalia. We know from the Sam Killerman article titled, “ A Guide to Gender,” that our biological gender is socially constructed from the moment we are born. We do not get a say in what our gender should be. This is important because it highlights the importance of how kids should be raised in a gender neutral manner. In the case of people who are intersex, it is worse because the doctors and their parents end up selecting the gender to which there genitalia is inclining the most to. It is the reason why later in life, they suffer socially and in their personal lives. You cannot choose a life for someone and expect them to follow it completely. Eventually, they will feel out of place like most of the people in this documentary. It is good that they were able to find out they were intersex because in this way they can make certain adjustments to their life. More than anything, I think that this article highlights how socially constructed gender is and how we need to aim to stop people from doing this.