do hermaphrodites really exist?

Question

in humans i mean. i know about snails and all that. i just didn't think it existed in humans

Answer 1

They DO exist.
There are rare cases (1:150,000) that poses both genitalia (male and fenale),,,,
All of them, paradoxically, are INFERTILE human beings...and most of the cases reported, have been discovered at autopsy....very few are diagnosed when the individual is alive, because they normlly, do not seek medical help.
Occasionally, an infertile couple, will seek medical advice, and the findings are that one of the couple (could be either the apparent "woman" or the apparent "man" in fact, posess both female and male genitalia....and thus, infertile,,
In a nutshell, yes they do exist, and its painful for them to carry a sterile life (in reproductive terms), and true hermaprhodites are very rare...indeed..

Answer 2

Yep, they do. They can appear in, as far as I'm aware, all species. Some species, as has been mentioned in other answers here, are naturally hermaprhodites though it's usually an error in the individuals DNA or a problem during it's development that causes it.

True hermaphrodites in humans are exceedingly rare but there are plenty of documented cases in medical literature.

Answer 3

Yes, they do exist. Males have the sex chromosomes XY, and females have the sex chromosomes XX. Hermaphrodites have three sex chromosomes, caused by a mutation when the sperm or eggs are produced by the parents. These three chromosomes are XXY, so they are kind of half-way between male and female. They often have a set of genitals that contradict their reproductive system. So they could have a penis, but have the female reproductive system, that is to say the ovaries and womb. Hermaphrodites are always infertile, since they cannot produce the gametes (sperms or eggs) needed for reproduction.

Answer 4

Humans, as well as all other vertebrates, cannot be true hermaphrodites, hence the term intersexed is now used. Although the genitalia may look ambiguous, it usually means the child is a male who didn't develop all the way, so they look in between. But one cannot have functioning ovaries and testicles.

Answer 5

I'm gonna venture a guess here and say she meant humans, well yes but the guys who dress up as girls don't count (I don't think) you gotta have both at once.

And aside from worms and snails some species of oyster and frogs.

Answer 6

Yes. Worms and snails are hermaphrodites.

Answer 7

Yes they do. Discover health did a documentary about some hermaphrodites and their lives. Very interesting.

Answer 8

yes, but true "intersex" individuals are rare. About 0.018% of the world's population. This is mainly due to abnormal development. Most are corrected at childbirth with surgery or hormones. The few that actually grow up to be adults with the physical duality are rare and not well documented, due to mostly respect for their privacy.

Answer 9

There is documentation in medical books. So yes, they do exist. We had one admitted at the hospital I worked at during the time I was working there.

You still refuse to believe they exist. Why do you not research them on the internet? But I guess even after reading it, you will still think they do not exist.

Answer 10

Check out Kleinfelter's Syndrome and Turner's Syndrome.
People are usually only hermaphradite due to a mutation in their genetic make up.