Transsexuality- Reflection 20

My understanding of intersexuality as been expanded after reading the article “What is Intersexuality.” An intersexual is a person that has characteristics of both sexes. To be more specific they have one ovary and one testes. They are called hermaphrodites. To be honest, I’ve heard of hermaphrodites and I knew that they were born with both gender characteristics. I wasn’t aware that there were pseudohermaphrodites for the different types of hermaphrodites depending on which sex genitalia they had more characteristics. I always understood it to be that they were very rare and sometimes hardly happens. I also know that often times parents for these children end up choosing their child’s sex and then providing them with steroids and hormone pills so that the child can grow properly in to the sex that was chosen for them. Trannies, transsexuals, Lady bois are all the same thing. They are men who dress p in women’s clothing who basically feel as though they were placed in to the wrong genders body. These men often get sex changes and they have breast implants in order to give the outward appearance of the woman they desire to be. I’ve never met anyone who has become a transsexual but that doesn’t mean that my mind is not open to them. I believe that there may chemical imbalances within thie person to make them feel the way they do and I wouldn’t want them to be unhappy in their own skin. There isn’t anything wrong with seeking happiness. Others believe that changing your sex is a sin against God because he has created in his own image. God also gives us the feeling to want to be happy and complete and I feel that if a person feels like they would be complete after doing the sex change surgery then why not let that person achieve the happiness for which they strive? The study of these topics have been useful in the sense that they provided me with more in depth information as to the intersexual and transsexual life. Not only that, it also allowed me to be able to call hermaphrodites intersexuals. Intersexuals sounds much more pleasant to the ear than the afore mentioned word. Growing up you hear a lot of people make jokes about intersexuals and transsexuals and tease each other about actually being one, not knowing the severity of the topic and the situation. It must really be hard for people who classify themselves of either one of the two groups to live in such a close-minded society.
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