Ni d'Eve, ni d'Adam: une histoire intersexe

Summary Deborah, 25, and M, 27, are living in bodies that Western medicine - and often society - deems taboo. Like an estimated 1.7 percent of people, they were born with variations in their sex characteristics that were different from classical understandings of male or female. For M, growing up intersex has also meant grappling with the fact that she underwent medically unnecessary surgeries to "normalize" her body as a very young child. But when M finds Deborah online, she is introduced to new voices, language, and representations that allow her to expand her understanding of who she is beyond medical terms. This beautifully crafted, poetic documentary joins brave young people as they seek to reappropriate their bodies and explore their identities, revealing both the limits of binary visions of sex and gender, and the irreversible physical and psychological impact of non-consensual surgeries on intersex infants.

S13.E20 ∙ Ni d'Eve, ni d'Adam: une histoire intersexe

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Olivier Wieviorka Alexandra Alévêque Simone Veil Olivia Mokiejewski

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Oct 15, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : France 2 (FR2)

Summary Deborah, 25, and M, 27, are living in bodies that Western medicine - and often society - deems taboo. Like an estimated 1.7 percent of people, they were born with variations in their sex characteristics that were different from classical understandings of male or female. For M, growing up intersex has also meant grappling with the fact that she underwent medically unnecessary surgeries to "normalize" her body as a very young child. But when M finds Deborah online, she is introduced to new voices, language, and representations that allow her to expand her understanding of who she is beyond medical terms. This beautifully crafted, poetic documentary joins brave young people as they seek to reappropriate their bodies and explore their identities, revealing both the limits of binary visions of sex and gender, and the irreversible physical and psychological impact of non-consensual surgeries on intersex infants.

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Oct 15, 2018

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : France 2 (FR2)

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