Javaxcore 0 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Statistically speaking, How common is it for the doctor/midwife, whoever genders the baby, to misassign the person's biological sex at birth? Link to post Share on other sites
iNow 5899 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 What's the closest number to zero that you can think of? It's that Link to post Share on other sites
Javaxcore 0 Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Is more than zero because there are a percentage of people with DSD? Link to post Share on other sites
Bufofrog 166 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 16 minutes ago, Javaxcore said: Is more than zero because there are a percentage of people with DSD? But you specified biological sex, so essentially zero is the right answer. Link to post Share on other sites
studiot 2146 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 It would seem to be that however small the risk might be it is not insignificant since the BBC recently highlighted cases of misdiagnosis and I find on looking for them that there is an american standard on the subject. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25944182/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Arete 1264 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 There are a number of genetic causes of intersex individuals, some of which render the physical attributes of the individual to be discordant with their underlying genetics (e.g. AIS resulting in XY individuals with undescended testes and a vagina, or CAH resulting in XX individuals with masculine traits). I imagine that these conditions - typically with frequencies of one in thens of thousands might contribute to discrepancies in the designation of biological sex at birth. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
studiot 2146 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 9 minutes ago, Arete said: There are a number of genetic causes of intersex individuals, some of which render the physical attributes of the individual to be discordant with their underlying genetics (e.g. AIS resulting in XY individuals with undescended testes and a vagina, or CAH resulting in XX individuals with masculine traits). I imagine that these conditions - typically with frequencies of one in thens of thousands might contribute to discrepancies in the designation of biological sex at birth. Thank you for that knowledgable amplification. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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