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Intersex People

            Socialization is learning to be human. Following the movie I watched in class about intersex people I've learned that fitting into society is not always easy. For interesex people Just finding out who they are is whole challenge with in one self. There are people waling around every day that look like you and me who are born intersex. Intersex people or Hermaphrodites are people born with both the male and female sex chromosomes and cannot be distinguish as either male or female. .
             When we look in the mirror it is clear-cut that we are either male or female. For some people it is not that simple. Someone Like Max, Tammy, and Patrick who were born with an unknown sex has to live a life of sometimes pain and uncertainly not knowing where he or she belong as part of society. Form many years when we think of something like this we vastly assume of a carnival freak or a side show act on TV. There are thousand of people born a year that are intersex Because of discomfort brought to them many are ashamed and hide who they really are. One example is brought to us by both of the first two characters in the movie Max and Tammy. At the age of 21 they both find someone who see them as a female so right away they jump into marriage. Not even trying to find them selves someone who they can feel comfortable with but rather taking a life partner as face value because they feel that they might not have a second chance at it. Only knowing those two stories told by both max and Tammy I can just imagine how many other jump into the same situation. I mean it's hard in society for a person who was born with one sex to find a significant other no less a intersex person. Society hasn't really talked about this subject much because it is basically kept a secret among the people born like this and their families. But one thing is for sure it probably wouldn't be accepted with open arms either. Let's just look at history gays and lesbians are still having a hard time being accepted in today's cutler.


Essays Related to Intersex People

1. He-Man and She-Rah or She-Man and He-Rah

Further more, what does this mean to the 2 sex dichotomy that we believe in when there are births of intersex children giving evidence of more than 2 sexes? ... Pifer writes for the American Academy of Pediatrics (2002) and states that "early genital surgery may be best for intersex babies". ... However, an ethical storm of controversy has erupted over the last few years about the surgery for intersex infants. ... In light of this, intersex bodies can now be understood because of these possible technosciences giving meaning to "fixed" and "unfixed" intersex bodies. Yet the truth still rema...

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2. hermaphrodite

Most people assume that there are just two sexes, male and female. ... The trouble is that most people are familiar with the myth and not reality. There may be as many as 4% of births affected by some form of intersex condition. From the obvious female and male, the term intersex (by the medical community) is used for the three major subgroups of hermaphrodites. ... Intersexed people have a very hard time with personal issues, which surround being born different. ...

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3. Gender Specifity and Human Behavior

I would venture to assume that most of the general population of this earth is unaware that there are multiple conditions in which a person may be defined as neither male nor female, but as an "intersex." Defined as by simply having ambiguous genitalia, intersex disorders prove to be much more than just that, and as David A. ... In all of the studies and articles I reviewed for this paper, I found that the authors felt the need to define what they would refer to as intersex in their respective articles. ... All that being said, the movement towards acceptance of people who choose to go ag...

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4. Issues of the Transgender Community

Within this community there are many different types of people. ... Intersex individuals are those with physical or hormonal attributes of both sexes. There are many types of intersex people such as those who are diagnosed with androgen-insensitivity, Kleinfleter syndrome, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. ... Another example is the physical and psychological treatment that is often necessary for not only intersex individuals, but also for their families. ... According to "Healthy People 2010," transgender people face many problems within our health care system itself. ...

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5. Character Study - Alex from XXY

Alex is an intersex teenager who lives in Argentina and who was born with both female and male gene Talia. ... Alex's parents, who fear for their daughter's safety, purposely live there because Alex harbors a terrible secret: she was born intersex. ... Around this time, babies are easily satisfied, gullible and admirable of most people. ... Alex occupies a space between man and woman, which is difficult for many people to understand or accept. ... Alex, besides her relationship with Alvaro, also has a brief, sexual moment with a young girl in the shower and even has a boyfriend in th...

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6. Being an Ally to Transgender Coworkers

Even now, understanding of the trans* experience is limited at best; back in the late nineties when Tamara embarked on her journey it was almost a foreign concept to people, especially in my Central Jersey suburb. ... Of course, it's true that in the face of new and unfamiliar situations, most people would probably like some more concrete rules to go by. ... On this particular episode, her featured guests included a transman, an intersex woman, and a bisexual cisgender woman. Banks tried, multiple times, to indirectly ask both the transman and intersex woman – without actually co...

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7. Hermaphadites

Intersex is all three major subgroups with some mixture of male and female organs. ... These people who can not help how they are born aren't excepted into today's society due to gender difference, yet- other people who pay to be different from what they were born with are. ... Is it because people are stubborn and unable to accept differences? ... People who have one sexual organ are choosing to have another. ... People are finally excepting people for how they"re born, even though most people are having a hard time dealing with it. ...

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8. Critical Psychology and Gender

This assignment also discusses the perception of other genders, mainly transsexuals, homosexuals and intersex people in our community. ... Although for some individuals the notion of gender may seem simple, for other people it may be a complex social issue. ... It is important to outline what people really understand with the term 'gender'. ... Nevertheless, there is still confusion amongst people on the differences between these terms. ... Discourse is what shapes the society people live in, the knowledge of the 'truth' an...

  • Word Count: 3244
  • Approx Pages: 13
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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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