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Gender Identity and Sex Assignment: A Reappraisal for the 21st Century

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Identity is the core of human existence. This existential reality manifests itself in the human as a species-specific evolutionary focal point. It appears that no other earthly species abstractly contemplates its very nature. This is as important for a discussion of identity in general as it is for the concept of gender identity.

Keywords

  • Sexual Dimorphism
  • Gender Identity
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • Ambiguous Genitalia
  • Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Of all relations the most universal is tha of identity. David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739.

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Reiner, W.G. (2002). Gender Identity and Sex Assignment: A Reappraisal for the 21st Century. In: Zderic, S.A., Canning, D.A., Carr, M.C., Snyder, H.M. (eds) Pediatric Gender Assignment. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 511. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0621-8_11

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