pseudo-hermaphrodite may well live her entire life and never know that she is genetically male. She will know she is not fertile. There is no womb, though the vagina is present. A significant proportion of these rare individuals may develop testicular cancer and have it be mistaken for ovarian cancer and never learn of the true situation until they face surgery for treatment.
Regards,
Scott
M Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
M Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fascinating. It makes me wonder how gender can be determined for
marriage or House membership. Can people accept a male who looks female
and vice versa? The possibilities the future has in store for us . . .
Marleen
Scott Saylors wrote:
> It won't invalidate a marriage. I know a transgender individual who
> was born with ambiguous gender, fairly. There are also cases of
> 'pseudo-hermaphroditism" which is a chromosomally male individual
> whose body does not change to male when testosterone is produced by
> the developing fetus in the womb.
>
> One must realize that ALL human fetuses are female in the womb. Until
> the chemical magic of response to hormones is complete and any where
> along that tortuouse route abnormalities can occur.
>
> The physical identification of gender is not really an either or
> situation.
>
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