Can a hermaphrodite get themselves pregnant?

Answer 1

Yes, but it would require incest to the most extreme degree.

Answer 2

Pregnant Hermaphrodite

Answer 3

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Can a hermaphrodite get themselves pregnant?

Answer 4

Herm's have gender confusion but whatever they do have they don't have both completely. They may have testes but not ovaries.

During development the organs that form these two glands will become one or the other. In the confusion they may be one or the other but never both. If by chance they BOTH DID develop then they would both be half incomplete and not capable of producing any viable genetic material.

No, a Herm can not get themself pregnant. Depending on what they have they may be able to have or make a baby, but not both.

Answer 5

You know, there was an X-Files episode about this very thing.

Answer 6

Wow, now that would be interesting.'

Answer 7

No, they're sterile.

Answer 8

no they can't

Answer 9

No. Hermaphrodites are usually sterile; however, if they do have functioning reproductive organs, they are either male or female organs (typically female).

According to Wikipedia: Gonadal dysgenesis, a type of intersexuality formerly known as "True Hermaphroditism", occurs in about one percent of mammals (including humans), but it is extremely rare for both sets of sexual organs to be functional; usually neither set is functional. In many cases, these manifestations are altered, sometimes only cosmetically, to resemble standard male or female anatomy shortly after birth.

They don't give much information, so I'll add and I'll try to make this simple. Basically, the clitoris and the penis are the same organ just as the labia (vaginal lips) are the same as a scrotum. On a man, the labia are fused together and the gonads descend into that pouch (that's why there's a nice little line up the middle of the scrotum where the skin connects while a baby develops). On a woman, the gonads do not descend and the vaginal opening is formed.

In any case, the genetic make up and chromosomal pairing that determines the male or female gender is what "instructs" the building blocks of a fetus to turn that area into a penis or a clitoris. It also determines whether or not the gonads (ovaries and testicles) are descended into a scrotum or not. Overall, it determines what makes a man a man and a woman a woman.

In a hermaphrodite, what usually happens is that the person is female in most respects, but the genital region and internal reproductive organs are deformed. In essence, the gender assignment portions of the genetic code conflict and the developmental cells get confused as a fetus grows. The hermaphroditic baby grows a vagina, but the clitoris continues to grow into a penis. Sometimes the clitoris grows to resemble a fully grown penis and other times it's deformed and looks like a very large clit or a very small penis.

This abnormality almost always leaves the person unable to have children with anyone. Even if they are able to produce offspring, they would either do it in the capacity of a male or a female, but they would not possess the ability to act as both because the gonads would either become ovaries or testicles. Therefore, if they are able to have children, they'd either produce sperm or eggs; they could not produce both, thus, they could not impregnate themselves.

Answer 10

don't think so