Is sex a socially constructed phenomenon, or is only gender socially constructed? Define intersex traits in your answer, and describe the problems involved with the medicalization of gender

Question

Please provide the best answer for the statement.

Answer 1

1. Intersex traits are physical traits that render a person’s body less clearly identifiable by the categories “male” and “female.”
2. While sex is often regarded as even “more” of a biological reality than gender (though both are socially constructed), intersex traits help reveal the social construction of sex. Though there is a widespread belief that the male/female sex binary is natural, the existence of people whose bodies do not fit into these categories (and yet who have gender identities) provides counter-evidence for the “naturalness” of both sex and gender.
3. Medicalization of gender refers to the process by which human conditions come to be defined and treated as medical conditions such that they also become subject to medical study, diagnosis, and treatment.