What Does It Mean To Be Intersex?
What Does It Mean To Be Intersex?
The International community is now, more than ever, aware of the issues of sexual identity and sexual orientation. But one aspect of the whole movement is still not clearly understood and represented.
“Free & Equal” is a United Nations campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality. And here’s their description of “intersex”:
“Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (including genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.”
First of all, some intersex characteristics can be noticed immediately after birth, but in some individuals, these characteristics do not appear until puberty.
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Intersexuality may occur as genital ambiguity, chromosomal genotypes other than XX (female) and XY (male), and a wide range of sexual phenotypes.
Since intersexuality involves a wide variety of chromosomal arrangements, the release of hormones in different proportions can lead to different forms of sexual organs.
Biologically, sex can be determined by various factors at birth.
However, some chromosomal intersex variations may not be physically apparent at all.
Intersex is also a socially constructed category that reflects the true biological diversity.
These individuals may also be born with mosaic genetics. In other words, some cells may have XX chromosomes, while some have XY chromosomes.
Nature does not set a definitive limit on where the "male" category ends and where the "intersex" category begins, or where the "intersex" category ends, and where the "female" categorization begins.
Societies restrict gender categories according to their cultures to simplify social interaction and facilitate order.
An important aspect of these surgeries is the psychological effect on the individual.
Also, the expression "hermaphrodite" which is used for intersexual individuals, is scientifically wrong.
Intersex individuals may be raised as “boys” or “girls” by their families, but they can identify themselves with other genders later in life.
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