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Medical practitioners tend to try and "fix" intersex children into binary categories true or fasle

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This is a true statement. Since practitioners feel that the children are either one sex or the other, they try to label the child as either male or female at birth. Instead of waiting for the child to develop before understanding what their sex is, this early labeling can lead to negative outcomes regarding self-concept once the child begins to mature and understand themselves.
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