How Long to Read Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex

How Long Does it Take to Read Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex by Alice Domurat Dreger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Punctuated with remarkable case studies, this book explores extraordinary encounters between hermaphrodites--people born with "ambiguous" sexual anatomy--and the medical and scientific professionals who grappled with them. Alice Dreger focuses on events in France and Britain in the late nineteenth century, a moment of great tension for questions of sex roles. While feminists, homosexuals, and anthropological explorers openly questioned the natures and purposes of the two sexes, anatomical hermaphrodites suggested a deeper question: just how many human sexes are there? Ultimately hermaphrodites led doctors and scientists to another surprisingly difficult question: what is sex, really? Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex takes us inside the doctors' chambers to see how and why medical and scientific men constructed sex, gender, and sexuality as they did, and especially how the material conformation of hermaphroditic bodies--when combined with social exigencies--forced peculiar constructions. Throughout the book Dreger indicates how this history can help us to understand present-day conceptualizations of sex, gender, and sexuality. This leads to an epilogue, where the author discusses and questions the protocols employed today in the treatment of intersexuals (people born hermaphroditic). Given the history she has recounted, should these protocols be reconsidered and revised? A meticulously researched account of a fascinating problem in the history of medicine, this book will compel the attention of historians, physicians, medical ethicists, intersexuals themselves, and anyone interested in the meanings and foundations of sexual identity.

How long is Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex?

Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex by Alice Domurat Dreger is 285 pages long, and a total of 72,675 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex aloud.

What Reading Level is Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex?

Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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