There is large controversy over babies that have been born bi-gendered. Should the parent pick which gender the baby must live out its life to be? I believe it should be the kids decision, and unless any medical problems come up that the parents hould wait long enough that the kid will tell them whether they are a boy or girl. Then, a surgery cn be done... Does anyone support me on this?
2007-07-09 09:38:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
In theory, I do. In practice, if one of my children were born a hermaphrodite, I honestly do not know what I would do. But I agree that the child will inherently know what gender it is - emotionally and socially. I do think that parents should wait before having any kind of permanent surgery, but in this day and age, kids like that are just not accepted. Maybe the parents should dress the child one way or another, have haircuts etc. that support one gender, but make sure the child always knows who they are. When they're old enough to make a decision then surgery should be done.
2007-07-09 09:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by fuffernut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been cases where the parents picked, and then when puberty kicked in, the child had predominently opposite hormones to what the parents chose. So I don't think the parents picking randomly is a very good thing.
I guess I'd want to know if there was more extensive genetic testing that could be done to indicate a propensity toward one gender over the other. If not -- or if what's out there isn't very reliable -- then I agree that the parents should wait.
Of course, that makes it difficult to operate in a society that expects people to be either/or, not both.
2007-07-09 17:08:46 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well how old would a child have to be to pick a sex? Also what would you tell people the child was up to that point? If that happened to my child I would pick the sex that the child was most like. I would weigh in chromosomes, and genetalia. If the child wanted to change later on then I would do that.
2007-07-09 16:48:56 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it does not pose a problem physically in the youth of the child, then they should be allowed to grow into what role they feel most comfortable.
2007-07-09 16:46:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋