
You haven't arf met some interesting folk during the course of your life. I would love to meet some of the babies that I have come across, later in their lives, to find out what became of them. I have only come across one hermaphrodite, but 3 other indeterminate gender babies over the years. It's a distressing condition for the parents at birth. Obviously the babies are none the wiser and will act just like normal babies, but I always wonder what problems these babies develop as they become older... It must be awful.wow thanks lettie ,you learn something new everyday,,,,it sounds terrible.lettie said:A Hermaphrodite is an unfortunate person born with both male and female sets of genitalia. In a true hermaphrodite, neither set of genitalia is functional. These babies are usually operated on to cosmetically alter the genitalia to resemble one or the other (usually determined by the results of chromasome tests). Fortuntely it is a relatively rare condition. The term 'hermaphrodite' originates from Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite he was fused with a nymph and took on the physical traits of both genders....
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