The recent article by Ellen Feder, published in "The Subject of Care", edited by Eva Feder Kittay and Ellen K. Feder is now available on the Bodies Like Ours website. You can read it here: http://www.bodieslikeours.org/Feder2002.pdf

Bodies Like Ours was able to get permission to reprint it courtesy of the author and the publisher however it came with conditions. You can only read it online and you cannot download/save it nor can you print it. If you would like a hard copy of it, you will need to visit your local book seller.

Betsy

PS...a huge thanks to Jennifer for transcribing it from the book into a word doc so we could post it! Thanks, Jennifer. And other thanks also to those who wish to remain unmentioned that helped us get it done (you know who you are! )

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Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. --Margaret Mitchell

This is a great chapter dealing with the intricacies that parents face while trying to figure out how best to care for their intersex child. It's obvious, though, that the current standard of care falls way short in providing answers and comfort which are both so desperately needed by parents and child alike.

For any parent that suffers guilt over their participation in providing what they were told was the best care possible, this is an excellent view of how they unwittingly became victims too.

And my thanks also to Jennifer for her volunteer work!