The Straight Dope
February 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm by Web Editor in News
Is there such a thing as a true intersex person? If so, could they get themselves pregnant? Would their baby be a clone?
— Atrehyeu, via e-mail
I’ll give you credit for one thing, Atrehyeu. You used intersex, the term for those with genital anomalies that many prefer to hermaphrodite, which is a bit too redolent of the freak show for some tastes. In other respects, however, you could stand some serious ignorance intervention.
Strictly defined, intersexuality is when someone’s genitals are either ambiguous or combine male and female elements. Something like one person in 5,000 is different enough from the standard model to be considered intersex.
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