Marino Thomas A
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Perspect Biol Med. 2010 Autumn;53(4):481-90. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2010.0015.
Recent consensus is that individuals with atypical male or female phenotype are to be considered to have a "disorder of sexual development." The goal is to eliminate previous terminology that included the terms intersex, hermaphrodite, or pseudohermaphrodite. However, the teaching of embryology, and particularly teaching about the development of the reproductive system, still has not made the change to the new terminology. If those who teach embryology to health-care professionals remain unaware of the controversies associated with the old terminology and continue to use it, they will perpetuate a nomenclature that can be destructive. Any terminology must be used carefully to avoid dehumanizing the individual to a disease or a medical state. We should be able to state clearly the variations in morphology that exist, attend to the immediate health of the individual, and avoid any attempt to stigmatize gender-atypical individuals.
最近的共识是，具有非典型男性或女性表型的个体应被视为患有“性发育障碍”。目标是消除以前使用的包括双性人、雌雄同体或假两性畸形等术语。然而，胚胎学教学，尤其是关于生殖系统发育的教学，仍未采用新术语。如果向医疗保健专业人员教授胚胎学的人仍然没有意识到与旧术语相关的争议并继续使用它，他们将使一种可能具有破坏性的命名法永久化。任何术语都必须谨慎使用，以避免将个体非人化为一种疾病或医疗状态。我们应该能够清楚地说明存在的形态学差异，关注个体的即时健康，并避免任何污名化性别非典型个体的企图。
