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Engendering The Sciences: “Non-Normative Bodies” And The Construction Of Scientific Authority. Women’s Studies Senior Seminar Chelsea Azevedo. POINT OF FOCUS. Feminist critique of scientific discourse “Non-normative bodies”
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Engendering The Sciences: “Non-Normative Bodies” And The Construction Of Scientific Authority • Women’s Studies Senior Seminar • Chelsea Azevedo
POINT OF FOCUS • Feminist critique of scientific discourse • “Non-normative bodies” • Call to end forced genital reassignment surgery (GRS) on interexed infants
OUTLINE • Introduction • Critique of current standard protocol • “John/Joan Case” • “Gendering the Science of Genital Reassignment Surgery” • “Ethics: How GRS Violates the Cardinal Rule of Consent and Informed Consent Conclusion
JOHN/JOAN CASE • Bruce Thiessen/Brenda Thiessen/David Reimer • Dr. John Money • Born a genetic XY male • Reassigned in infancy because of damage to phallus • Re-Reassignment David Reimer: August 22, 1965-May 5, 2004
THE BIAS OF INHERENT SEXISM WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF GRS • Sex Re-Assignment Default • Adequacy/Normalcy • Female=Inferior • Pre-Judgment of Maleness • “Microphallus” • “Psychosexually devastating”
CONCLUSION • Perpetuation of a false dichotomy • Cultural framework of GRS • Advocation of cessation of forced GRS at birth