Hermaphrodite sex?

Question

If a hermaphrodite had sex with itself, would that be considered masturbation or loosing your virginity?

Answer 1

Do you know what a "hermaphrodite" is?

Hermaphrodite is another name for an intersexed person.

Intersex is a socially constructed category that reflects real biological variation. To better explain this, we can liken the sex spectrum to the color spectrum. There’s no question that in nature there are different wavelengths that translate into colors most of us see as red, blue, orange, yellow. But the decision to distinguish, say, between orange and red-orange is made only when we need it—like when we’re asking for a particular paint color. Sometimes social necessity leads us to make color distinctions that otherwise would seem incorrect or irrational, as, for instance, when we call certain people “black” or “white” when they’re not especially black or white as we would otherwise use the terms.

In the same way, nature presents us with sex anatomy spectrums. Breasts, penises, clitorises, scrotums, labia, gonads—all of these vary in size and shape and morphology. So-called “sex” chromosomes can vary quite a bit, too. But in human cultures, sex categories get simplified into male, female, and sometimes intersex, in order to simplify social interactions, express what we know and feel, and maintain order.


So nature doesn’t decide where the category of “male” ends and the category of “intersex” begins, or where the category of “intersex” ends and the category of “female” begins. Humans decide.

After reading what I have written, perhaps the answer does not have to be spelt out for you?

here are some links:

http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex
http://groups.myspace.com/Intersexes
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/genderschmender/

Answer 2

Orditz, I don't think this person was being serious, I think they were telling a joke not realizing that they probably know more than at least 3 people that doctors have labeled intersex. If they don't know it, it is probably because they've been making insensitive remarks like these ones.

It would be considered masturbation.

Kudos to ordtiz for the very informative answer. I appreciate the educational advocacy. Some people don't realize that other people commit suicide because of social stigma encouraged by such selfish, tasteless remarks like this question.

I don't loose my temper all that often but i'm just so irate and injured. How many people do we loose from our two communities alone each year to suicide or hate crimes by people who hear this stuff and either pass it on or decide to murder someone because they are different?

Answer 3

I think that it would be both but they can, in some rare cases, impregnate themselves, but some can't produce offspring