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HERMAPHRODITES
A hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.
The word intersex has come into preferred usage for humans, since the word hermaphrodite is considered to be misleading and stigmatizing as well as “scientifically specious and clinically problematic
The term derives from the Latin: hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek: ἑρμαφρόδιτος hermaphroditos, which derives from Hermaphroditos ( Ἑρμαϕρόδιτος), the son of Hermes and Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
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Hermaphroditus, the son of the Greek god Hermes and the goddess Aphrodite, origin of the word “hermaphrodite”.
According to Ovid, he fused with the nymph Salmacis resulting in one individual possessing physical traits of both sexes; according to the earlier Diodorus Siculus, he was born with a physical body combining both sexes. The word hermaphrodite entered the English lexicon in the late fourteenth century.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite)
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Hermaphrodite says ‘my husband never knew’ https://shar.es/1pKLC4
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Her World
For the first eight years of my life, I had no idea I was different. At a week old, I had been placed in a shoebox and left on the steps of a convent in the UK. Someone had scrawled “freak” on the side of the box.
I was raised by the nuns at the convent and wasn’t encouraged to be curious about my body. Although there were other children, we never saw each other naked, so I didn’t know that having both male and female genitals, like I did, wasn’t normal. My vagina was perfectly formed, but above it lay testicles and what looked like the base of a penis.
I was dressed as a girl and raised as one. I never thought or felt like anything else. When I was nine, I was told that I would be leaving the convent and going to live with new parents in Singapore. I never knew why I was going so far – perhaps they were the only ones willing to adopt a child like me. I was taken to Singapore by a priest.
When we arrived, I was handed over to a couple called Mr and Mrs Chan*. He was a banker who worked hard and was rarely around. They didn’t have children of their own and spoilt me rotten. I missed the convent but, in time, I came to love my new parents.
I can’t remember how or when it happened as I was very young, but soon after I arrived in Singapore, I saw another naked person for the first time. I was astonished. Other children were not like me. It stayed in my mind but I said nothing.
LIFE-CHANGING SURGERY
Shortly after my 10th birthday, Mrs Chan explained I would have to go to the hospital, as it was time to make me like other children. There, surgeons performed an operation to remove my testicles. I was frightened and it was painful, but I trusted my parents. I was too young to understand what was happening. When the doctor said, in front of my parents and me, that it was unlikely I’d ever be able to have children, I didn’t realise the significance.
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One day, I went on a school trip to a museum. We piled into a room where there were some exhibits in jars, and one contained male and female genitals taken from a hermaphrodite. I remembered that I had looked like that before my operation. I was confused and frightened. What was a hermaphrodite? Did it mean that I was really a boy?
I wasn’t close enough to any of the staff at the home to ask them, so I went to my doctor. He had all my notes and knew my history. I sat down at the clinic and burst into tears. I was just a teenager, scared, alone, with no idea of who or what I was. I remember him holding my hand and gently telling me that I’d been born with testicles and was a hermaphrodite.
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I know I’m female – I have my children to prove it. It would be nice if, one day, I could find a man who understands, but I’m not angry or bitter. I have my children, I have my life – I couldn’t ask for more.
*Names have been changed. This story was first published in Her World magazine March 2014 issue.
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LIFE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR A HERMAPHRODITE
Shanghaiist
21-year-old hermaphrodite in Maoming
Xiaomin, 21 years old, was born with both male and female genitalia, which made her the target of mockery and humiliation from neighbors in Maoming, Nandu Daily reports.
Her fingers are very slender, but her voice is harsh and deep.
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shanghaiist
Married man sees doctor about stomach pain, discovers he’s a woman
A 44-year-old married Zhejiang man went to the doctor after experiencing stomach aches and blood in his urine, only to discover he was on his period. Not only that, but he had a full set of female reproductive organs.
Man-strual cramps
Chen knew something was wrong when he found himself constantly feeling fatigued and having a swollen face and legs. Even worse, he found blood in his urine. However, he never expected the CT scan to reveal that he had a uterus and ovaries.
Results from chromosome examination also showed that Chen had a pair of XX sex chromosomes, meaning that Chen was genetically a female.
Not only that, but a lump was found in his adrenal glands. Chen was suffering from Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, a genetic disease that causes the adrenal glands to swell due to a decrease in stress hormone and an increase in male sex hormones. The bump was surgically removed.
…after examination, they found Chen did not possess an Adam’s apple. His genitals were also different from other men’s too – the opposite in fact. Chen claimed that he had a sex life with his wife, but doctors doubted it.
These kind of medical cases are allegedly extremely rare. Doctors said that it was too late for Chen to seek for medical treatment, which was only effective for younger people.
[Images Via Taiwan TTV]
By Jennifer Hui
http://shanghaiist.com/2014/07/23/middle-aged_chinese_married_man_fin.php
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weehingthong 
Take something such as Homeopathy for instance, which in some instances is actually designed to handle someone physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Girls tend to be more likely to attempt suicide and boys are more prone
to complete destruction, because of the methods they
test suicide. Child sexual punishment is understood to be:
An adult employing a youngster for intimate purposes.
Girls are more likely to attempt suicide than boys BUT BOYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED.