Les sujets intersexes peuvent-ils (se) penser ?

Intersex persons are eclipsed by social myths on hermaphrodism and the third sex. However, some who have politicised themselves are demanding that non-consensual interventions practiced by medicine on them in order to conform their bodies to the male and female norms stop. Aware of this critique, me...

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Published in:Socio
Main Author: Charlebois, Janik Bastien
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’Homme 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4000/socio.2945
http://journals.openedition.org/socio/2945
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Summary:Intersex persons are eclipsed by social myths on hermaphrodism and the third sex. However, some who have politicised themselves are demanding that non-consensual interventions practiced by medicine on them in order to conform their bodies to the male and female norms stop. Aware of this critique, medical professionals who invest themselves in intersex management invalidate it on the grounds that intersex people openly critiquing them are rare. In order to understand the limited numbers of politicised intersex people speaking publicly, I will mobilize the concepts of political subjectification laid out by Lamoureux (2001) and de Gaulejac (2007), as well as that of epistemic injustice, produced by Fricker (2007). From empirical data as well as experiential knowledge gathered through my involvement on the ground as an openly intersex researcher, I will lay out the institutional mechanisms framing the possibilities of seeing oneself as intersex, as well as the components required for the development of an actor-subject position. Les personnes intersexuées sont rendues invisibles par les mythes sociaux sur l’hermaphrodisme et le troisième sexe. Pourtant, certaines d’entre elles se politisent afin de faire cesser les interventions non consensuelles que la médecine pratique sur elles dans le but de conformer leur corps aux normes « mâle » et « femelle ». Saisis de cette critique, les médecins s’investissant dans la prise en charge intersexe l’invalident partant du postulat que ces personnes qui prennent la parole dans l’espace public sont rares. Pour comprendre cette faible présence des perspectives intersexes critiques, nous mobilisons les concepts de subjectivation politique de Lamoureux (2001) et de Gaulejac (2007), de même que celui d’injustice épistémique de Fricker (2007). À partir de données empiriques et de savoirs construits sur le terrain par l’auteure à titre de chercheure engagée intersexe, cet article relève les mécanismes institutionnels encadrant les possibilités de construction d’une position de sujet ...