2007-03-13 08:15:23 · 7 answers · asked by istungu 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
earth worms
2007-03-13 08:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
A hermaphrodite is an organism which is capable of reproducing in either the male or female role. Humans are never hermaphrodites-- though the word is sometimes still used. A human born with both sets of genitls is called inter-sexed. It is considered a serious birth defect, and it is usually cosmetically corrected near the time of birth. There is a lot of debate on weather or not this is apprpriate, with a lot of adult inter-sexed people feeling very mistreated by having the procedure done to them before they could conset. Intersexed humans are always infertile, for a complicated reason that I wont get into here.
2007-03-13 15:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A hermaphrodite is a person that is born with both male and female reproductive parts. A true hermaphrodite has one ova and one testes and ambiguous outer genatalia. There are also varying degrees. A "merm" has ovaries and a penis. A "herm" has testes and a vulva.
2007-03-13 15:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by poohb2878 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are people or animals with both sexes. Some fish are all born female and when the need to produce offspring they change to male and fertlize the females. According to a programme I watched on tv they are quite a few of them in south america. They are brought up female because of their external organs but sometimes when they reach puberty the penis drops down then they are utterly confused.
2007-03-16 09:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person or organism with both sex organs. For example a hermaphrodite will have both a penis and a vagina but only one of those organs will work.
2007-03-13 15:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Nick 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Persons who have both of the sexes' equipment except for testes. Usually, parents decide early on to surgically correct the 1 in 100,000 that are born this way.
2007-03-13 15:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The intersex references are apparently correct.
I just wanted to add that Tracer is not being abusive: earth worms have both sets of genitalia and any two of them can mate. (And contrary to popular belief, cutting one in half does not really result in two worms, because each half grows a new tail only, so the one with two tails eventually starves to death).
2007-03-13 16:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋