Intersex people or khunthā in the Middle East – How they are perceived, accepted, & treated
Qualitative evidence synthesis & framework analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12978874 |
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| Authors | Alexander Woodman (0000-0001-8848-6700, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-71 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19419899.2024.2347963 |
| OpenAlex | W4396590842 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
In Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence), an intersex person is called a khunthā. This research aimed to synthesise the existing literature exploring data on khunthā in the Middle East on how they are perceived, accepted, and treated. Qualitative Evidence Synthesis and Framework Analysis. Five electronic literature databases were searched, covering the fields of healthcare sciences, ethics, and religion from 2016 to 2022. Guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), six studies were selected for final review and framework analysis. The framework analysis (FA) of included studies resulted in three themes and nine sub-themes: 1) 'Gender manifestation' - (i) Parental role and influence, (ii) Health outcomes of experiments, (iii) Socio-cultural prejudice; 2) 'Physicians as decision makers' - (i) Experiments vs. knowledge, (ii) Intersex vs. khunthā vs. DSD, (iii) Fixing dysfunctional gender; 3) 'Islamic bioethics' - (i) Legal and financial importance of gender, (ii) Scientific evidence vs. symbols, (iii) Medical ethics. Parents and physicians' decisions are heavily influenced by socio-cultural attitudes about sex and gender, with a lack of sensibility for intersex persons at the later stages of their lives, and attempts to conceal this 'imperfection' by 'fixing dysfunctional gender
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