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Ambiguous: Not clearly one thing or another. Intersex: Any of around 30 physical differences that make a person biologically outside of what is generally considered “typical” of a female or male body. Medicalize: To frame something as a medical issue. Nonconsensual: Referring to something that has not been agreed to by everyone involved. Subjective: Referring to something that is based on an individual’s perspective and not an objective fact. Everyone in our culture is taught gender bias from the beginning of our lives. WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

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