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We now know that sex is complicated enough that we have to admit nature doesn't draw the line for us between male and female, or between male and intersex and female and intersex; we actually draw that line on nature.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Actually Admit Between Complicated Draw Enough Female Know Line Male Nature Now Sex Us

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I do work half time as a historian of medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and I started my career with work in the 19th century.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Career Century Half Historian Medicine School Started Time University Work 19Th Century

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Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even small gifts make them susceptible to being biased.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Animals Being Biased Doctors Even Evidence Favor Gifts Human Loved Make Mistakes Over Scientific Small Stories Susceptible Them Tribal Want

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A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Dollars Even Hospital Leave Likely May Million Million Dollars Off Pair Separating Separation Several Spend Them Though Twins Worse

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Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even small gifts make them susceptible to being biased. If we took doctors seriously as human animals, we might hurt them - and they might hurt us - a lot less.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Animals Being Biased Doctors Even Evidence Favor Gifts Human Hurt Less Lot Loved Make Might Mistakes Over Scientific Seriously Small Stories Susceptible Them Took Tribal Us Want

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What we should care about is health - reduction of morbidity and mortality. Too often, we instead pay attention to whether something is 'normal.' A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins, even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: About Attention Care Dollars Even Health Hospital Instead Leave Likely May Million Million Dollars Mortality Normal Off Often Pair Pay Pay Attention Reduction Separating Separation Several Should Something Spend Them Though Too Twins Whether Worse

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Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions are when we know the intervention will actually reduce suffering, as with a primary cleft lip repair.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Actually Bad Democracy Doctors Exceptions Generally Intervention Know Lip Medicine Only Patients Primary Reduce Repair Service Suffering Using Will

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After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to school I thought about going into real estate law. I probably would have made a lot more money and died of boredom by now.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: About After Age Back Back To School Became Boredom Broker College Died Dropped Estate Going Law Lot Made Money More Mortgage Now Out Real Real Estate School Thought Would

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If we are going to have to worry all the time that we might offend some students' sensibilities, we are not going to be able to teach in a way that actually matters. We're not going to be able to teach about sex, gender, race, religion, or violence.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Able About Actually Gender Going Matters Might Offend Race Religion Sensibilities Sex Some Students Teach Time Violence Way Worry

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As a kid, I did some running but especially loved biking and swimming. I grew up on Long Island, and our mom took us all the time to the ocean, so I grew up doing open-water swimming in the Atlantic.

~Alice Dreger

Topics: Atlantic Biking Did Doing Grew Island Kid Long Long Island Loved Mom Ocean Our Running Some Swimming Time Took Up Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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