I just find it very interesting that 1 in every 1,500 human babies is born with genitals that cannot easily be classified as either male or female or have BOTH.
Also 1 in 10,000 biological males and 1 in 30,000 biological females have gender dysmorphia (born with a mismatched emotional/psychological gender identity in relation to their physical biology).
Scientists have discovered it takes a far more complex set of things to determine gender, not just XX or XY chromosomes. Apparently we all start off sexless until the exact right mix of androgen and estrogen produces a baby with what is considered a perfectly defined gender and identity. But when does anything in nature go perfectly 100% of the time?
I wonder how the Christian sects who are very biblically stringent about gendar roles feel about these findings?
2007-03-28 08:13:15 · 15 answers · asked by jessicabjoseph 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you Middleman for you input. I did not know the correct term was "intersex". My apologies
2007-03-28 08:26:47 · update #1
Why do some assume I am talking about gays and lesbians? They obviously have a one tract mind or probably already fear some kind of medical based justification for the variation in sexuality that exists in nature.
Stick to the question AS I ASKED IT please and stop bringing your own biases to it.
2007-03-28 08:28:56 · update #2
Well, I'm christian, but I'm also in the medical field. To me, it was a mix up of chemicals between the 14-18th week of gestation. It usually has to do with something that is happening to the mom at the time, such as a ton of stress, or a chemical problem with her that restricts certain chemicals to the baby. It isn't the babies fault this is happening, and I think that in such instances, tests need to be done to show what the dominate sex is. Then, when the child is old enough to understand, they need to be given the options and let them decide. It would be hard to be a child stuck in a body that didn't feel like theirs. I feel for them, but at the same time, I think that they need to understand the implications and actions that need to be taken to correct this.
2007-03-28 08:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by odd duck 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You'll never get a "straight" answer. I suppose they'll crank out the usual crap about how it's some kind of a "challenge" from God. Maybe even the "sins of the forefathers being visited even unto the tenth generation" or whatever. They can't say that God makes mistakes, nor can they claim that the intersexed individual "chose" to be that way.
But who really cares? I assume you're just interested for trivia's sake. Let's face it, there's a whole lot about this world that is inexplicable in terms of fundamentalist Christianity.
2007-03-28 08:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian.
That just shows you that the issues surrounding homosexuality are not black and white. As some Christians try to portray it.
***UPDATE***
The reason I bring in homosexuality that is the only "stand" a Christian would have in regards to hermaphrodites or gender dysmorphia.
I was just stating a reality. That homosexuality is not a black and white issue. Because if someone's parents decided their sex for them at birth but made the wrong decision you would expect that person to go for the same "gender."
Also as far as gender roles are concerned, whatever that person believes they are is who they are. Obviously biologically can't always be depended on to define our gender.
2007-03-28 08:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Just an "FYI"
The term hermaphrodite is not accurate, and is considered very hurtful by people born with intersexed birth defects.
True hermaphrodites are able to reproduce as male or female. Like an earthworm. But when people are born with an inter-sexed birth defect, they are always totally infertile.
2007-03-28 08:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a fundamentalist Xn, but I can play Devil's Advocate for ya. They would just claim it was the sins of the father/mother and that that 1/1,500 parent was being punished by God etc.
But, I personally believe in the duality of God, the balance of all things in nature, and God is probably not Gender specific either, but a fundamentalist would disagree with both of us. That is what makes them, fundamentalists.
2007-03-28 08:19:21 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfgang92 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
These poor souls have to pray extra hard of course.....very sad for someone like this to be born into a religious family...usually they are outcasts for the rest of their lives. Which they should not be...everyone is different and usually the very different people out there are the ones with the most empathy and compasion....
2007-03-28 08:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by ste.phunny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian, and I don't consider it any of my business, truthfully. We don't live in a perfect world, problems are bound to occur, and any decisions made about a person's gender are between them and their doctors.
There just isn't anything else to say about it, as far as I'm concerned.
2007-03-28 08:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are talking about the exception not the rule. How should anyone treat any sort of birth defect. With love and understanding. And some of these can be treated for these MEDICAL situations.
However, if you are looking for a license for homosexuals to openly parade their perversion as if it was normal and / or acceptable, and for "gay" marriage to be tolerated you're barking up the wrong tree here.
Two different situations.
2007-03-28 08:21:36 · answer #8 · answered by bacha2_33461 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Eulalie, mid abdomn is ok, but I prefer the back. Kinda like a surf board.
2007-03-28 08:18:29 · answer #9 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have them surgically changed at birth which means that they only believe that we are God's creatures when it won't embarass them. No one more shallow than a Christian
2007-03-28 08:17:11 · answer #10 · answered by Tom W 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋