Sex, gender, and intersex: anthropological, medical, and ethical critiques and proposals

The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document a...

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Published in:Theology & sexuality
Authors: Lawler, Michael G. 1933- (Author) ; Salzman, Todd A. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
In: Theology & sexuality
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Catholic church, Kongregation für das Katholische Bildungswesen, Verfasserschaft1, Als Mann und Frau schuf er sie / Intersexuality / Medicine / Theological anthropology
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Intersex
B Experience
B Creation
B Congregation for Catholic Education
B Relationstechnik
B Sex
B holistic-relational anthropology
B Selwyn / Sally Gross
B Gender
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Summary:The problems of intersex have received little attention from both Catholic Magisterium and theologians. Early in 2019, the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education issued a document intended to be a pathway for a dialogue on the issue of gender in education. This essay responds to that document as a contribution to filling theological gaps in the consideration of intersex. It first explains and critiques the theological anthropology underlying the Vatican document and then analyzes and critiques Western cultural, medical approaches to intersex persons. It dialogues with the experience of intersex persons and the social sciences that document it and concludes by proposing ethical principles to guide intersex persons, their parents, and their physicians in the care and treatment of intersex.
ISSN:1745-5170
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2020.1722563