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Intersex, in humans and other animals, is a variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, or genitals that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Such variation may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.[1][2] Intersex people and themes appear in numerous television episodes.
Documentary episodes
Intersex was discussed on British TV for the first time in 1966, and became a topic of interest for broadcast TV and radio in the United States and other countries from 1989.
Drama episodes
Children's Hospital
In the 2010 Childrens Hospital episode Show Me on Montana, Drs. Flame and Maestro try to convince a hermaphrodite child which gender to choose, with each doctor vying for their own gender.
Emily Owens, M.D.
The 2012 Emily Owens, M.D. episode "Emily and... the Question of Faith" featured an intersex baby.[3]
Faking It
In the first 2014 episode of Faking It, "The Morning Aftermath", one of the main characters, Lauren, is revealed to be intersex.
Freaks and Geeks
In the 2000 Freaks and Geeks episode "The Little Things", Ken has to deal with the discovery that his girlfriend had been born with ambiguous genitalia.
Friends
The One with the Rumor, season 8 episode 9 sees a rumor spread that Rachel is a "hermaphrodite". ISNA described the episode as "degrading".[4]
House
In the 2009 episode of House entitled, The Softer Side, a teenager with genetic mosaicism that is unaware of his (the gender his parents choose for him) condition develops dehydration and is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
Masters of Sex
Masters of Sex episode 3 in season 2, Fight, sees Bill Masters delivers an intersex infant. The circumstances of the infant are used as a plot device for Masters to question the nature of masculinity.[5]
The New Normal
The Goldie Rush, episode 12, uses a person born intersex as an object of derision during a flashback sequence of failed dates.[6][7]
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck season 3 featured the character Quentin Costa, revealed to be man with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. It used an intersex variation and plot device of incest that were previously employed in the book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
See also
References
- ↑ Money, John; Ehrhardt, Anke A. (1972). Man & Woman Boy & Girl. Differentiation and dimorphism of gender identity from conception to maturity. USA: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-1405-7.
- ↑ Domurat Dreger, Alice (2001). Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex. USA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00189-3.
- ↑ guccinij (2012-11-28). ""Emily Owens, M.D." recap (Ep. 6): God and Gender". AfterEllen.com. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- ↑ "NBC's "Friends" episode offensive to intersex youth". Intersex Society of North America. 2001-11-26. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ↑ ‘Masters of Sex’ Recap 2×3: ‘Fight’, New York Observer, July 28, 2014.
- ↑ 'The New Normal' Review: Ryan Murphy Up To His Old Tricks, Maureen Ryan in The Huffington Post, September 10, 2012
- ↑ Because Racism Is So Last Year, The New Normal Is Making Fun of Intersex People Now, Nico Lang in The Huffington Post, October 17, 2013