Disorders of sexual differentiation lead to what is often referred to as an intersex state. This
state has medical, as well as some legal, recognition. Nevertheless, the question remains …

This paper presents an argument against sex dimorphism. It is puzzling that the existence of
intersex persons is well established by medical and social data, but the idea of sex …

The building of sexual identity comes within the scope of the course of development of the
individual and calls on identifying and differentiating marks, some invariable, others not so …

Robert Sparrow's article (2010) attempts to defend the position that humans are sexually
dimorphic. However, human embryology clearly shows this is not the case. Human embryos …

What is the nature of human sexual difference? What is it that defines the human male and
female as such? This seems a simple enough question: it is resolved with a glance …

This statement comes from my notes while at a clinic in Ireland a decade ago. It refers to a
moment of silent reflection when the clinicians in the room were contemplating the evidently …

Hermaphroditism 3 is the starting point for a lot of biological and medical debates about
'normal'sexes/genders. Hermaphrodites were considered a rare, fascinating and …

Genetic sex-the apparent fundamental biological cause of the two male and female human
varieties-is a 20th century construct. Looking down the microscope, the stained …

QUESTIONS about sex are notoriously controversial. People approach them from
irreconcilably opposite standpoints. But I am going to assume agreement upon at least one …

The papers in this number of Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical
Morality explore the complex set of bioethical concerns related to sex. That the secular world …