Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental (Sep 2012)

Sexual difference, identification and object choice in individuals with sex differentiation disorders

  • Adriano Morad Bley,
  • Egberto Ribeiro Turato,
  • Carlos Roberto Soares Freire de Rivorêdo,
  • Roberto Benedito de Paiva e Silva,
  • Andrea Trevas Maciel-Guerra,
  • Antonia Paula Marques-de-Faria,
  • Gil Guerra-Junior,
  • Maria Tereza Matias Baptista

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47142012000300002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 464 – 481

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate how sexual identity is structured and also to investigate the relationship between sexual identity, choice of sex object and sexual difference. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were held with seven adult patients who were born with sex differentiation disorders: Two had 5-alpha-reductase type-2 deficiency and five had congenital adrenal hyperplasia. CONCLUSIONS: Sex is trauma. Neither male nor female nor any other gender identification implies the choice of sex object, genders of partners or sexual practices.

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