Is it possible for a hermaphrodite to impregnate them self?

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HERMAPHRODITISM

In biology, the presence in one individual, plant or animal, of both male and female gonads or organs of sex cell production. The term is derived from the legend of Hermaphroditus (q.v.) .

Hermaphroditism occurs in the great majority of flowering plants: Monoclinous plants have hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers, each of which has both male and female elements (stamens and carpels); monoecious plants have flowers containing only male elements and others containing only female elements, both occurring on the same plant. Only a few flowering plants are dioecious, that is, carrying male and female organs on different plants. Most hermaphroditic plants produce male and female elements at different times to ensure cross-pollination; a few, such as the violet and the evening primrose, are habitually self-pollinated.

Hermaphroditism habitually occurs in many invertebrate animals, in the hagfish and tunicate, and in the sea bass of the genus Serranus. It occurs occasionally in other fishes, in frogs, toads, and certain newts among the amphibians. Hermaphrodite animals are rarely self-fertilizing; in most cases the spermatozoa and ova mature at different times (successive hermaphroditism), or the male and female external organs are located so that self-fertilization is impossible. Among the invertebrates, sponges, coelenterates, some mollusks, and earthworms are regularly hermaphroditic. Flatworms have a complete set of male and female gonads in each segment and regularly fertilize themselves.

True functional hermaphroditism is rare or absent in higher animals. One occasionally sees animals called hermaphrodites that appear intermediate in form between males and females, but such animals are usually sterile, and, when fertile, do not produce both fertile eggs and fertile sperm. Such organisms are often called intersexes or sex-intergrades; intersexes in the fruit fly have been shown to arise from inheritance of an abnormal ratio of male Y chromosomes to female X chromosomes ( see Genetics ). Human pseudohermaphrodites show functional disturbance of the endocrine glands, especially of the pituitary or adrenal glands, and do not possess two sets of functioning sex organs. Because of the homology between male and female sex organs, it may be difficult to tell whether a human hermaphrodite is a female with overdeveloped clitoris or a male with underdeveloped penis, cleft scrotum, and nondescendant testes. Recently, many persons have undergone surgical or hormone treatment to modify their nonfunctioning sex characteristics and emphasize the sex indicated by those that are functional.

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Many intersexed people are sterile. Also: Only animals such as snails and worms can be hermaphrodites. Humans are NOT born with both sets of sex organs, that is a common MYTH. There are people who are born some mixture of male and female tissues though and they are more correctly identified as "Intersex(ed)". There are dozens of intersex conditions. They range from not visible to ambiguous. For example a woman with AIS (androgen insensitivity syndrome) looks completely female. Her AIS may not be discovered until puberty when she fails to menstruate. The reason is she has no female organs because she is chromosomally XY. However, her body is insensitive to the effects of testosterone (hence the name AIS) and the estrogen in her body makes her develop that way. It should be noted that everyone has both estrogen and testosterone in their bodies. Another important thing to keep in mind is although their bodies may be intersexed these people are NOT a third gender. The vast majority, like everyone else, have firm gender identities. Meaning they have a strong sense of themselves as males or females. AIS women for example strongly identify as female.

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Radgal is absolutely correct a human being can not be a hermaphrodite. Only small animals and plant, with some species of fish can be hermaphrodites

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Yes, but not usual way of impregnating.

It happens in insect and worm world, in case that there is no other entity of the same kind to make mutual impregnation.

In case of higher life forms, first of all, hermaphroditism is very rare phenomenon, and also that entity has no way to impregnate itself, because there are always one sex characteristics prevalent. Only glands of both sexes are present, but not all the other organs.

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Apart from what is explained by the literal meaning, Pseudo and True hermaphrodites have severe hormonal imbalances and psychic anamolies that they can not mate and can not have children

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no as it's normally a man with female genitals or a woman with male genitals on the inside, so testikels instead of a womb and all that stuff
they don't have both: sperm and eggs, so it's not possible to get pregnant of themselves

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Good Q.I think that although possessing both sets of organs they don't have a womb-so no.ktf.x

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no , hermaphrodites are actually infertile due to an extra chromosome in them i believe.