"Waking up" the sleeping metaphor of normality in connection to intersex or DSD: a scoping review of medical literature

De Clercq, Eva; Starke, Georg; Rost, Michael

doi:10.1007/s40656-022-00533-8

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De Clercq, E., Starke, G., & Rost, M. (2022). “Waking up” the sleeping metaphor of normality in connection to intersex or DSD: a scoping review of medical literature. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 44(4), 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-022-00533-8

Abstract

The aim of the study is to encourage a critical debate on the use of normality in the medical literature on DSD or intersex. For this purpose, a scoping review was conducted to identify and map the various ways in which "normal" is used in the medical literature on DSD between 2016 and 2020. We identified 75 studies, many of which were case studies highlighting rare cases of DSD, others, mainly retrospective observational studies, focused on improving diagnosis or treatment. The most common use of the adjective normal was in associati