Deck 14: Ethical Issues of Intersex and Transgender Persons

Question 1

Dutch researchers pioneered a new technique to reduce harm among intersex teenagers. Its main goal is to:

A) create a child with a stable gender identity
B) avoid harmful remarks by other teenagers
C) delay onset of puberty
D) delay dropping out of school
E) embrace self-respect

Answer 1

delay onset of puberty

Question 2

In the past, intersex children went home from the hospital with an assigned gender, regardless of whether the assignment was correct, mostly because:

A) it was a matter of life-and-death for the baby.
B) surgeons demanded it.
C) families demanded it.
D) schools demanded it.
E) public health did not recognize intersex children.

Answer 2

families demanded it.

Question 3

Between 2000 and 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed its position on what should be done at birth with intersex babies. Specifically, it no longer counsels its members to consider the birth of an intersex child a:

A) medical emergency that needs to be cured.
B) social emergency that needs to be fixed.
C) failure of parenting.
D) demonic possession.
E) curse.

Answer 3

social emergency that needs to be fixed.

Question 4

What is David Reimer doing today?

A) He is an advocate for intersex people.
B) He is in seclusion.
C) He is happily married.
D) He is a sex researcher.
E) He killed himself.

Question 5

What was the last straw for "Brenda's" refusal to cooperate with John Money and her attempt to escape from his influence?

A) Estrogen shots
B) Therapy sessions
C) Enrollment in school as a girl
D) Surgery to create a vagina
E) Using a girl's name

Question 6

Besides chromosomes and genes, the other biological factor that may determine whether one is attracted to members of the opposite, or one's own, sex is:

A) early childhood experiences.
B) exposure to sex hormones during gestation as a fetus.
C) whether the mother smoked or drank during pregnancy.
D) whether the mother ate meat during pregnancy.
E) whether the fetus was raised by lesbian/gay parents.

Question 7

Cheryl Chase is most famous for:

A) being a sex researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
B) arguing that, "Biology is destiny for females".
C) arguing that surgeons should not assign gender to intersex babies at birth but wait until the child can decide gender for himself/herself.
D) killing herself.
E) marrying David Reimer.

Question 8

Kenneth Kipnis argues that we cannot know how many intersex children are happy or unhappy because:

A) Many intersex adults were never told what happened to them at birth.
B) Many intersex children died during surgery.
C) Many surgeons are afraid to tell patients what was done to them.
D) Many intersex teenagers committed suicide.
E) There is no money to conduct such research.

Question 9

Which of these concepts refers to how masculine a person acts in public?

A) Biological sex
B) Gender identity
C) Gender role
D) Love map
E) Androgyny

Question 10

How did John Money commit fraud in his research?

A) He faked photographs.
B) He consistently wrote that David Reimer was happy when the opposite was true.
C) He lied about his university affiliation.
D) He gave David Reimer estrogen shots and lied about doing so.
E) He never actually interviewed David Reimer or his twin brother.