Contemporary approaches to sex categorization: a pragmatic defense of the binary model

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dc.contributor.authorThompson, Michaela Erica
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorStingl, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-26T18:15:17Z
dc.date.available2022-01-26T18:15:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThere is significant controversy today about the nature of gender and the implications of the views we might take on the subject for trans and non-binary people in both public and academic discourse, including whether gender ought to be conceptualized as distinct from biological sex. Further, the way in which sex categories are conceptualized has important practical implications for how individuals with Disorders of Sexual Development (DSDs) are treated. The model of two diametrically opposed sex categories is increasingly challenged by theorists who are largely motivated by concerns around the treatment of individuals with DSDs. But the alternative models are also problematic. Examining challenges to the binary sex model this thesis argues in favour of a pragmatic approach to sex categorization and holds that a revised binary model may in fact be well aligned with the goals and recommendations of activists and theorists regarding the treatment of DSDs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6142
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0733en_US
dc.proquest.subject0396en_US
dc.proquest.subject0402en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectsex categorizationen_US
dc.subjectbinary sex modelen_US
dc.subjectnature of genderen_US
dc.subjectDisorders of Sexual Developmenten_US
dc.subjectsex and genderen_US
dc.subjectGender expressionen_US
dc.subjectGender identityen_US
dc.subjectIdentity (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectGender nonconformityen_US
dc.subjectCategorization (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectSexen_US
dc.subjectIntersex people--Identityen_US
dc.subjectSex (Biology)en_US
dc.subjectIntersexualityen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleContemporary approaches to sex categorization: a pragmatic defense of the binary modelen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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