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| Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) is the most common genetic disorder,
affecting approximately 1 in 500 live male births. Most men who have
it apparently aren't aware as relatively few are diagnosed, many of
them of them leading normal, average lives until they try to have
children and discover the reason for their infertility.
In the 1960s some highly biased studies were done with the goal of
proving a connection betweenXXY and criminal activity. In one of the
most infamous, researchers went to a prison mental hospital and tested
inmates. They found a higher percentage of inmates with XXY than what
they then supposed of the avergae population- a grand total of 16 men.
From this they concluded that persons with XXY have criminalistic
tendencies.
Though these bogus studies have long since been discredited, their
conclusions have been reproduced in virtually every medical, genetics,
and socialogy textbook published ever since. Only within the last
decade has this sorry state of affairs begun to change thanks to the
efforts of doctors and activists affiliated with XXY national support
organizations.
There are a number of support resources on the net for XXY including
at least a dozen active mailing lists, for parents, partners, and the
XXY men themselves.
For more information please visit:
http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/stk151049.asp
http://genetic.org
http://aaksis.org
http://47xxy.org
http://klinefeltersyndrome.org
Mailing lists:
AAKSIS-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
thexxynetwork-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
xxylist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://genetic.org/ks/support/listservs/subscr_form.htm
Any of you living with XXY partners, please forward this info to them.
dd
xxyokc@yahoo.complicated
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