Are there any hermaphrodites out there?
Tenebricosis
08-03-2005, 22:37
I've been pondering the amount of true hermaphrodites on the internet. So, I though to myself, why not ask NSers? They're a pretty diverse group.
So, any hermaphrodites on NS? Just want to know if you exist, that's all.
Legless Pirates
08-03-2005, 22:41
Not me. Nope. Don't look at me.
Nice weather eh?
*wanders off*
If someone was one i don't think they'd admit it, but nice try though.
Tenebricosis
08-03-2005, 22:44
I suppose you're right. Although I don't see why it's shameful.
i dont know of any who have said they are
True hermaphrodites are incredibly rare. True hermaphrodites have both sets of functioning sexual organs. Many more people are intersexed (ambiguous genitalia) than hermaphroditic. By the way, the UN has declared hermaphodites to be a protected gender.
Hermaphrodite is not the proper term. (http://www.isna.org/faq/hermaphrodite)
Originally posted by Tenebricosis
I suppose you're right. Although I don't see why it's shameful.
People who are different, especially in a sexual way, are shunned in our society.
...very rare...
Rarest type of human hermaphrodites
The rarest cases of human hermaphroditism are the instances of true or gonadal hermaphrodite. In this condition each gonad is an ovotestis - part ovary and part testis - or one is an ovary and the other a testis. Swyer, writing in 1954, remarks that only forty cases had been recorded in all the medical literature. The condition can be diagnosed only by microscopial examination of parts of the gonads.
Among the outward signs in a "male" are hypospadias, undescended testicles and abnormal breast development, in the "female" with this condition there is abnormal development of the clitoris. Normal spermato-genesis may occur close to an ovary in which ovulation takes place.
Teh Cameron Clan
08-03-2005, 22:58
lemme check...nope... :) :p :D :rolleyes: :eek:
Drunk commies
08-03-2005, 22:58
By the way, the UN has declared hermaphodites to be a protected gender.
What's a protected gender? Does that mean regular males and females are unprotected? Is that what people mean by unprotected sex? No hermaphrodite involved.
What's a protected gender? Does that mean regular males and females are unprotected? Is that what people mean by unprotected sex? No hermaphrodite involved.
:D Yup, no protection for males, females and transgendered folk:( No fun with hermaphrodites.
"I'm a UNESCO world heritage site!"
"what are you?"
"A hermaphrodite!"
Gnostikos
08-03-2005, 23:02
Hermaphrodite is not the proper term. (http://www.isna.org/faq/hermaphrodite)
Though they say intersexed, I would personally prefer gynandromorph.