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Genitals, gender and sexuality. A bio-psycho -social perspective on somatic intersexuality

Life and Matter Sciences Conference March 29, 2017 Madrid

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Venue: Fundación Ramón Areces, Vitruvio, 5. 28006. Madrid
Limited capacity

Free registration

Organized by:

Fundación Ramón Areces

In cooperation with:

Academia de Psicología de España

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Genitals, gender and sexuality. A bio-psycho -social perspective on somatic intersexuality - Heino F. L. Meyer Bahlburg

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Individuals born with one of the many conditions of genital ambiguity (aka intersexuality) constitute a challenge to human societies, which usually endorse a mostly binary sex/gender system in line with the binary biological system of reproduction in mammals. Societies vary tremendously in how they accommodate such individuals, but forms of stigmatization and discrimination are common. Modern medicine has learned much from individuals with intersexuality about hormonal and genetic factors that contribute to the sexual differentiation of body, brain, and behavior, which is complemented by the study of psychosocial factors in typically developing children and adolescents. In turn, the clinical management of individuals.

Wednesday, 29

19:30

Speaker:
Heino F. L. Meyer Bahlburg
New York State Psychiatric Institute. Columbia University. EE. UU.

Dr. Meyer-Bahlburg: is a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, and an Associate Director of its Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, all in New York City. He received his diploma in psychology from the University of Hamburg and his doctorate in psychology from the University of Düsseldorf in Germany. His primary research interest is the developmental psychobiology of gender and sexuality with a focus on intersexuality and the development of gender identity and its variants. He also heads a small Psychoendocrine Clinic serving children and adolescents with intersexuality and transgender problems.