INTERSEX

The Doctor Oz show is on TV right now. It’s a medical talk show hosted by the famous doctor, Oz. He is talking abour ‘intersex.’

What is ‘intersex’? “Intersex” is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. For example, a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside. Or a person may be born with genitals that seem to be in-between the usual male and female types—for example, a girl may be born with a noticeably large clitoris, or lacking a vaginal opening, or a boy may be born with a notably small penis, or with a scrotum that is divided so that it has formed more like labia. Or a person may be born with mosaic genetics, so that some of her cells have XX chromosomes and some of them have XY.

So this woman on the show now gave birth to a baby with intersex. She is going to raise him as a boy even though he was born without a penis. He was born with a vag instead. The doctor said she could raise the baby either gender. Don’t you think it will effect him later on in life? Almost all men have a you know what. I would have raised it as a girl seeing as the baby was born with a you know what.

An audience member just spoke. She is a woman who was born in 1957 with ‘intersex’. She has a p33n. Doctor Oz just asked if she’s ever had a partner and she said, ‘No.’ I feel bad for her. Thoughts?