Reflection 20

Intersexuality is basically having the termed medically condition of combined sexual differentiation. Some forms of intersexuality are hermaphrodites, female pseudo hermaphrodites and male pseudo hermaphrodites. Each of this has a certain difference, but all have a combination of a sexual gentile or reproductive organ. A Hermaphrodite is a person who is born with one ovary and one testie. Usually at birth it is hard to name place the child as female or male. This makes things rather difficult for the parent and the child later in life. Many arguments come about if the child was named a female then she will forever be female. But what if the person does not feel that way as they continue on in life? Does that make them less human? Some hermaphrodites end up discovering what they really are and change their whole life style. Some that were deemed women end up changing gender assignment to be a man or vice versa. This is very difficult topic to discuss because many controversies come into play with the assignment and choice of the hermaphrodite. Sex is determined by the two sex chromosomes. The male chromosome is Y and the female chromosome is X. Intersexuality is said to be caused by genetics. Some of the reasons are: by rare hormonal levels during pregnancy, and sometimes by unknown causes. It’s very hard to find the proper explanation for why this happens to only a same group of people. Some also find some comfort in surgeries. These can help the physical appearance look more like the sex they “feel” they truly are. Others may not decide to go under the knife. Being in that position seems incredibly difficult to handle. Not knowing who you really are, or being accepted for the way you feel you are, would be very hard for me to cope with. I applaud those people who have the strength to be who they know they are. By reading this assignment I got a lot more knowledge on a subject that was strange to me. It is very useful because now I know enough to keep me educated on this topic. I become more interested to research this into more depth. I am open minded to the stories that I found about real people who are going through the sexual identity confusion. The stories are very detailed and insightful to what it is like being a hermaphrodite.