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The purpose of this essay was to explore how the concept of gender identity is constructed, by doing a discourse analysis of texts from two different perspective discussing intersexuals, and to define the areas where the discourses doesn't agree. The two perspectives were; feminist- and medical perspective.

How are sex/gender identity constructed in the chosen articles?

What themes can be seen in the discourses?

My method was discourse analysis. A discourse can be described as a way of talking about and understanding a part of the world. The analytics task is to define the discourses, which the world is constructed by.

The areas of conflicts have been found. The discourses have different ways on looking at: how gender identity is created, the concept of normal, cultural expectations and sexuality.