Anomalias da diferenciação sexual: representações parentais sobre a constituição da identidade de gênero

The present study investigated the representations of gender identity construction by mothers and fathers whose children were born with Disorders of Sex Development (DSD). DSD are disorders of sex differentiation which result in ambiguous genitalia in children. A qualitative study with three mothers and three fathers, whose children of different ages were born with DSD, was carried out. Narrative interviews and content analyses were, respectively, the methodological procedures used to collect and analyze the data. Results showed that the criteria mothers and fathers consider as fundamental for the gender identity construction are the genital anatomy, how the child is raised, and the social recognition of the environment where the child lives.