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A 3 page review of the story of one intersex individual’s quest to understand why she never fit in the male world in which she was raised. This paper addresses five specific questions about Long’s story. No additional sources are listed.
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to Lynnell as an infant? What did they tell her mother? When Lynnell was born she had what she terms as "ambiguous genitalia".
In other words, doctors were not able to determine her sex based on the appearance of her genitals. Consequently, based on her karotype which was XY (male), they
decided that she should be a boy and performed surgery to make her genitals appear accordingly. After the surgery the doctors assured Lynnells mother that her baby boy would
be fine. All that would be needed would be hormone therapy when the baby reached pubescence. This would "induce masculinization". Just before her death, Lynnells mother told
her that if she had been born a hermaphrodite she was not aware of it. It is highly likely, in fact, that the doctors never told the mother precisely
what the problem was and dealt with it as they saw fit without any real input from the mother.
2. What happened to Lynnell when she started going to through puberty? Once Lynnell reached puberty she didnt mature
like normal boys were. Instead, her voice only grew higher and she even began growing breasts. Lynnells mother insisted, however, that she act like a boy. She
was punished repeatedly for girlish behavior like playing with dolls or jumping rope. Lynnell, who wanted to avoid the whippings she was given, tried to conform to her mothers
wishes but she was still made fun of at school because she was obviously different that the typical boy. Around this time, despite
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