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Some cytogenetic, psychological, sociological aspects on intersex cases in Iraq | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Cancer and Medical Genetics | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-211 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ali Mohammed Al-Husain Al-Adeeb; Fadhil Shakir Hasan Alsaedy; Amal Mohammed Ali; Asmaa Amer Ahmed; Nahi Yousif Yaseen | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study highlights on drawing the attention about the psychological, sociological and ethical problem of persons who show morphological sex pattern that differs from the true biological gender which is known as intersex. Such cases are born with speci c sex and then after short or long period they are discovered with different sex. Most of these cases are not discovered early in order to medically manage but they remain in their apparent sex according to the view and impression of the society for them. Because lack of health education and because the parents do not pay high attention to the external genitals of these cases, the parents do not visit the doctor to seek treatment for them. Therefore these cases grow according to the apparent sex that the society decision. Within the year medically, psychological and social problems start to appear that require medical intervention, and most these cases are discovered during or after puberty. Discover the true gender for such cases will raise big medically, ethical, psychological and social problems that urgently need to be studied and analysed carefully to nd acceptable scienti c approaches to offer support for such cases to help them to adapt to the new conditions and to accept their new gender with courage. Therefore, this study aims to draw attention to the problems faced by intersex cases and how they suffer from future challenges that require solutions in the short and long term. This study revealed that 243 intersex cases during the last two years for both sexes. The adult intersex cases showed sever great suffering from they were before they discover their real sex, as well as showed the biggest fear and suffering after the discovery of their real sex. Their parents and relatives showed obvious and large concerns after the discovery of real sex to those cases and remained loss and embarrassed to how to cope with the shock and how to face of the community. The study recommends great attention to those cases and provides medical, psychological and social support for them to help them to overcome the transitional period that they are going through after the discovery of the new gender, especially in Iraq, because of restricted local customs, habits, religious and traditions. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| intersex cases in Iraq; cytogenetic aspect; sociological aspect; psychological aspect | ||
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