The way we think about biological sex is wrong

Title:
The way we think about biological sex is wrong
Speaker:
Emily Quinn
Description:

Did you know that almost 150 million people worldwide are born intersex -- with biology that doesn't fit the standard definition of male or female? (That's as many as the population of Russia.) At age 10, Emily Quinn found out she was intersex, and in this wise, funny talk, she shares eye-opening lessons from a life spent navigating society's thoughtless expectations, doctors who demanded she get unnecessary surgery -- and advocating for herself and for the incredible variety that humans come in. As she says: “If there are infinite ways for our bodies to look, our minds to think, personalities to act, wouldn't it make sense that there's that much variety in biological sex, too?” [Contains mature language.]

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
14:01
Format: HTML5
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Original