22,772
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
added InterWiki link
|last=Knox
|first=David
|init=D
|last2=Schacht
|first2=Caroline
|init2=C
|year=2010
|title=Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family
|work=
|editor=
|edition=11th edition11
|volume=
|chapter=
|pagespage=64
|location=
|publisher=Cengage Learning
People whose five characteristics are not either all typically male or all typically female at birth are intersex.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex | title=What is intersex? | last= | first= | publisher=Intersex Society of North America | website= | date= | accessdate=2013-11-18
}}</ref>
Intersex traits are not always apparent at birth; some babies may be born with [[Ambiguous genitalia|ambiguous genitals]], while others may have [[ambiguous internal organs]] (testes and ovaries). Others will not become aware that they are intersex—unless they receive genetic testing—because it does not manifest in their phenotype.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intersex]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
[[de:Intersexuelle Merkmale]]