An estimated 1 in 100 children in the US is born with some degree of genital ambiguity, and 1 in 2,000 has enough ambiguity to make its male or female status uncertain. This is so crazy to me. It’s surprising how this can happen to anyone. I can’t imagine being a little boy and feeling like a girl or being a girl and feeling like a boy. This must be such a hard thing for those who are intersexed.
I actually watched a couple of videos on this topic a few years ago and it’s so heart wrenching to see. It’s so difficult for intersexes to live their lives normally. The constant bullying in school is enough, even just wondering why their growing breasts or trying to hide them from others. I can’t imagine not being sure whether I was a boy or a girl. This has to be difficult for both the child and the parents. Basically, what parents would do with an intersex child is just raise it as a girl. What they need to do is wait until the child is old enough and observe them and how they interact or how they play with other toys. Parents should let the child decide what gender he wants to adopt.
This video explains exactly what I’ve been saying. This woman knew she was a girl at 4 years old! She would look at boys and only pretend to act like them so nobody would notice. It’s so surprising after a 27 year marriage and 6 kids!
This is truly an amazing story, it must have been very hard for her to come forward and tell everyone what she went through. It is so crazy how easily something can go wrong at such a small level that can impact our lives so much. It is a wonder that any of us come out normal at all. I really believe there needs to be more information put out about intersex people, because it is so very misunderstood and it would be easy for people to just judge and make assumptions. Knowledge would be the only way to combat ignorance.
ReplyDeleteReading the text I was intrigued. Growing up I had always heard of intersex people but never had gotten more information other than they have "two parts". Its crazy to think that 1 in every 100 people in the US has some degree of genital ambiguity. This statistic caught my attention because every day we pass hundreds of people whether it be in the halls, the road, or Walmart. Out of every 100 of them one has some ambiguity. CRAZY RIGHT?!
ReplyDeleteThis topic is a bit new to me, but as of right now i agree that children should be allowed to decide because it's their lives. No one knows what they want better than themselves and like the woman in this video, they don't want to be living a lie.
I would like to take into consideration the other end of the argument: Waiting to do surgery to decide a gender for a child must be difficult. Children might feel like they don't fit in. That they have to choose one gender NOW. I just feel like letting children see that they have both parts your opening the door for them to think they can "escape one life" and switch between genders.
I do believe more light needs to be shed on the topic so others can be aware of the topic. I do agree it is very misunderstood and for me a subject that needs to be looked into more. From the bit of information i've been exposed to i agree, children should decide when they are able to.