This is, of course, done at the expense of fertility?
Does your answer change if it is a unisex child in question? Why or why not?
2007-02-12 03:15:40 · 13 answers · asked by Rachel 410 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I never saw God as making any mistakes, but that's just my way of seeing.
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2007-02-12 03:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I think surgery should be delayed until the child's personality can be expressed and the individual has a pretty clear understanding of which gender is dominant within.
We all have aspects of both male and female gender - but for most of us, one gender dominates. Occasionally, a person's physical body is in conflict with his/her percieved dominant gender. In such cases, the person may chosse to cross-dress, or undergo surgical procedures to change their physical gender.
I am assuming that by unisex you mean a child born with both male and female genitals.
Same answer for unisex child...wait and let the person choose as an adult.
The unisex child is fortunate to know from the very beginning that within the body resides both male and female attributes. Once the person grows to maturity, the individual may choose to not alter the body at all. If the parents choose surgery during infancy, ther person will never get the chance to make a personal choice.
2007-02-12 03:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by not yet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not okay. It is not your right to decide for a baby what is to be changed. If the child grows up and wishes to do such a thing that is totally different. Even if it is a unisex/hermafidite it should still be that persons right to choose not somebody elses.
2007-02-12 03:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by puggylover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO it is not morally right to alter any ones's gender, and as far as unisex (not sure that is the correct term) all children grow into there own person. WHAT IS MORALLY WRONG is the pressure we put on children to conform to a 'identified sex' ie boys toys /girls toys why isn't GIO in the dolly section? if we just let kids be kids would we even have to ask questions such as yours?
2007-02-12 03:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by LSS 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It is wrong to do it, because the baby's life is not in danger. When he/she is 15 or 16 years old or older, then a choice about such a matter can be made by the child. Parents' wishes do not always take the child's best interests into account.
2007-02-12 03:27:42 · answer #5 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a fact that most hermaphrodites in western countries have been turned into one or the other gender category by birth since medicine was able to do so. There are stories of 'cured' intersexuals who grew up without knowing they ever were intersexual, dreaming of a sex change; a hermaphrodite that was initially changed into a man would want to become a woman, or visa versa.
I think it's a sad effect of social pressure.
2007-02-12 03:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by Johannes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most all of the ones previous to me have spoken an emphatic NO
but are they considering the following...what if allowing the child-to-be grow in the gender that they start out with has been proven to be detrimental to the child inthat case i would say it was not only "surgically ethical" but a "moral imperative"
this would be the only way i see an agreement to this dilema
2007-02-12 03:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by Bucky411_hit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the baby's sex is unambiguous--it's definitely one or the other--then i think it is wrong. If it is ambiguous, then you've got a poser. I wouldn't blame parents who decided to surgically "correct" the problem, but if I were in the situation, I'd leave it until the child was old enough to choose for itself.
2007-02-12 03:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Robin the Brave 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way - that would be absolutely disgusting! It doesn't change whether the baby is a boy, a girl, or unkown - let it be!
2007-02-12 03:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by Eric W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not
2007-02-12 03:51:17 · answer #10 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋