Documentary, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0139jv4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091349/
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/me-my-sex-and-i/
EXCERPTS:
There are about two dozen different conditions that blur the line
between male and female.
They're known as disorders of sexual development, or DSDs.
Altogether, DSDs occur as frequently as twins or red hair.
Male and female gentials actually grwo from the same tissue.
It's just testosterone that makes them look different.
The initial structure the baby has
can grow a little bit and become a clitoris
or it can be stimulated by testosterone
and grow a lot and become a penis.
The same for what will become the scrotum.
In a girl, the folds of skin will stay as the labia majora,
so the lips of the vagina,
but in a boy, those tissues will grow and fuse and become the scrotum.
-What's the difference between men and women?
Well, most people think that human beings just come in two kinds -
men or women.
But male and female just represents two sides of a broad spectrum of type.
So it's a lot more complex than you might imagine.
-Oh, very good.
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