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Is anatomy destiny?

Alice Dreger · TED

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About

Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it's often a fuzzy line between male and female, among other anatomical distinctions. Which brings up a huge question: Why do we let our anatomy determine our fate?

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxNorthwesternU
Speaker
Alice Dreger
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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