The TIME magazine article "Between the Sexes" from the March 1, 2004 issue discusses the issue of intersexual children. More and more children are born hermaphrodites, causing doctors to decide the gender of the child. They make this decision based on the chromosomes and the external and internal anatomy present. Sometimes the make the right decision, but sometimes they overlook the fact that the child may grow up to feel like the opposite sex. .
In 2000, 0.2%- 2% of births were to intersexual children. For many years doctors would decide the gender of the child quickly and surgically restructure the reproductive organs and anatomy of the baby to fit one gender. They did this to give the child a "normal" body as quickly as possible. They later realized that the children would grow up, and many felt they were given the wrong gender. .
One possible cause for this is that two eggs are fertilized, one with XX chromosomes, and one with XY. Instead of developing as twins, they merge in to one embryo with male and female chromosomes. The chromosomes don't necessarily determine the genitalia. Children can be born with male or female sex organs, or some of both, making the doctors decision more difficult. For example, Kyle's was born with both XX and XY chromosomes, one testis, a small penis and no vagina or uterus and was decided to be a male. Later during surgery at 11 weeks old, the doctors discovered Kyle had an undeveloped uterus and Fallopian tube tissues. .
To resolve the issues, they removed the ovarian and fallopian tissues, turned the penis in to a clitoris and removed the testis while the child was under the anesthesia. There was a fear that the "extraneous reproductive tissues might be more likely to become malignant." They renamed the baby Kelli. She had several more surgeries to construct more "female looking genitalia." This did not resolve all of Kelli's conflict. As early as the age of 6 she began to question her mother about her surgical scars and gender identity.
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