article_snippet.sent: Alice Dreger, a Northwestern University ethicist and author, says it makes sense for parents to raise affected kids as boys or girls. '
article_snippet.sent: But sometimes we get that gender assignment wrong.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, the person has some or all of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man.
article_snippet.sent: At birth, the child looks like a girl.
article_snippet.sent: Some affected children have typical male or female chromosomes, but genetic glitches and hormonal problems that begin in the womb, cause genitals to resemble those of the opposite sex.
article_snippet.sent: Others have a male-female blend of sex chromosomes and reproductive organs.