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  • iuminou@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    no, assigned sex is assigned by biology

    nurses failing to notice that youre intersex doesnt make you not intersex

    nurses attempt to discern the birth-assigned sex; they do not decide it

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      3 months ago

      The word “assigned” is used exactly to describe a decision by a second party (the nurse) based on the limited information they have at the time.

      Midwives relatively frequently incorrectly assign intersex people at birth.

      Your actual sex isn’t assigned by anybody, and certainly isn’t decided at birth, but rather at conception.

      Timeline:

      1. Conception: chromosomes determined.
      2. Womb: hormonal context influences gender characteristics.
      3. Birth: nurse assigns male or female.