In one of my classes we are discussing the "rights" of intersexuals. (A child born without fully developed genetilia towards a specific gender.) The opposing sides argue which act would be more deterimental for the child... having the parents choose the gender or leaving the baby genderless. The argument states that if the "wrong" gender is chosen for the child at birth.. the child will spend their whole childhood, if not life, thinking they should be a different sex. On the other hand, many argue that the child will have a horribly ridiculed life being genderless. What do you think?
Check out this interesting article about a family allowing their children to be "genderless."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389593/Kathy-Witterick-David-Stocker-raising-genderless-baby.html
"Mommy.. am I a boy or a girl?"........
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I took at Intro to Human Sexuality at SLCC! I love that class. We talked about that it is fascinating! One story we discussed, a child was born with both, the parent's decided to have the baby be a boy. The boy later killed himself because he felt like a she.. Anyways.. super interesting
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