Fluidity models in ancient Greece and current practices of sex assignment

Disorders of sexual differentiation such as androgen insensitivity and gonadal dysgenesis can involve an intrinsic fluidity at different levels, from the anatomical and biological to the social (gender) that must be considered in the context of social constraints. Sex assignment models based on George Engel ’s biopsychosocial aspects model of biology accept fluidity of gender as a central concept and therefore help establish expectations within the uncertainty of sex assignment and anticipate potential changes.

Source: Seminars in Perinatology - May 3, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Min-Jye Chen, Bonnie McCann-Crosby, Sheila Gunn, Paraskevi Georgiadis, Frank Placencia, David Mann, Marni Axelrad, L.P Karaviti, Laurence B. McCullough Source Type: research