2007-07-08 14:12:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
i mean mentally
2007-07-08 14:18:55 · update #1
Umm- hermaphrodite only medically refers to those with exactly equal genitalia. Very rare, and usually considered derogatory.
Mentally, people have one assignment of gender. However, people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia can have difficulty with boundaries in general, so the concepts of identity blur.
2007-07-08 14:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Schmeep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on life's influences these days I would suppose anything is possible in a persons own mind. But in all reality., naturally, I do not think so. I think people like this are have a struggle dealing with their own fleshy desires. Now days the motto is, if it feels good, it is ok. But it would feel good for me to murder people that make me extremely anger but it is wrong. so I control those urges. If the person is a boy he should shake the girly thoughts and visa versa.
2007-07-08 14:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by justasking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's called Gender Identity Disorder in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DIsorders).
2007-07-08 14:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible. There is something called behavioral androgyny where a person identifies as feeling both male and female.
Behavioral androgyny deals more with social and personal conflicts dealing with identity. This is different than physiological androgyny which has to do with gender indentity and is where a person is born with both male and female genitalia.
2007-07-08 14:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by mountaingirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said mentally, Yes I think it is possible why else are there Tomboys and feminine boys.
2007-07-08 14:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by starzndots 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd imagine so. There are hermaphrodites, who were physically born with both parts. Are you meaning mentally?
2007-07-08 14:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by Sandra M. 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
physically, yes, it's quite common actually (mum's a nurse)
but mentally?? gosh, i'm not sure...it's possible though...the people who decide to change genders probably feel both ways
2007-07-08 14:20:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. its possible for a person to have female genitalia, yet at the same time have the male genitalia inside
2007-07-08 14:16:30 · answer #8 · answered by missmary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it's called "hermaphrodite"
the term came about from the gods Aphrodite (love) and, i believe, Hermes, but i don't know what he is
and Stephen Lynch made a really funny song about it called Hermaphrodity
2007-07-08 14:25:28 · answer #9 · answered by zs_a_rose_by_any_other_name_zs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i've seen it in a med book before. the guy have a pennis and breast...itt's not normal though. his/her genes got messed up. it has a name but i can't remember
2007-07-08 14:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by Shyne_06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋