There is not much help that can be given by the time they're 18, other than attempts at appearance correction which is usually not really succesful.
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There are conditions where humans have more or less chromosomes than they're supposed to have. Examples from the top of my head would be Turner's syndrome 45 X and Trisomia 21, better known as Down's syndrome. Such conditions fall under aneuploidia, the phenomenon where a person has more or less than 46 chromosomes.
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theres certain disorders where you're born with more or less X or Y chromosomes, as well disorders where you're born with genitalia that doesn't match your sex (or both even).
Intersex is a medical condition, not asinine genderpolitics (and your views on such has no relevance to this discussion).
There is no usually no "choice" to be made because deciding not to go through with it is a thousand times more problematic than going through with it; intersex corrections are done early on, on babies, because that is the window that provides the most succesful corrections and far less psychological problems. There is no "choice" to be made once someone is an adult because that opens up a myriad of other problems which are extremely hard to correct afterwards, both physically and mentally. You're then stuck with huge obstacles.
Anatomical, endocrynological and genetical predispositions are all taken into account when correcting these.
Do you really think that is how correctional surgeries are peformed? Depending on what it looks like to the experts at any given time?Originally Posted by joykay
It is not based on guessing. There are ample tests which are done before surgeries are performed and no, "being able to talk or voice their opinion" has got nothing to do with these. It is very easy to determine wether someone is meant to be a male or female by simply doing a karyotype profiling. In this case, they knew he was supposed to be born a healthy male, but wasn't.
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You're confusing intersex with transgender
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Fortunately the NHS doesn't refuse medical care because only a small % suffer because that's retarded
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What's embarrassing is the fucking article I linked explains intersex
Apparently it's my fault for not explaining despite the article
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I'm not here to educate people on things I expect as common knowledge - usually if you're ignorant of a subject you either ignore or do basic research beforehand - hell you didn't even read the link before posting
Since you clearly need to sorely educate yourself on this, I'd suggest starting with Kleinfelter Syndrome (XXY) and Turner Syndrome (XO).
And just to reiterate what others have already said, there are a lot more than that. You should probably not make claims on subjects you aren't well-versed on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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There's nothing you could have done, there is a cadre of posters who are deeply ignorant on this issue and they are in no hurry to educate themselves.
Why do all that work and have to use their brains when they could just shitpost and sneer?
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Don't know whether to feel contempt or pity.
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Be nice if we lived in a world where that was never necessary. Unfortunately we don't and biology doesn't always wait until we are ready.
Ultracrepidarian. It's a word for people like him @Bennett.
Necessary surgeries are necessary surgeries. True. And I guess, noone truely argues those. However, unlike creating for example an exit for urine for menstruation, some surgeries are are not necessary, and might lead to enormous trouble, if your guessing was wrong.
And in this case, it really appears like a repeated Reimer experiment, to just "rise him as a girl".
Unnecessary surgeries are loudly critisized since the nineties, and are considered a violation of human rights.
I'm sorry, but the hospital was founded there in 1852. It isn't very common for DSD in a given area and most times, the parents of the patient should seek suitable care where they can find it rather than blaming an institution that has been there much longer than they have even been alive. It isn't the hospitals duty to provide care for any and all health issues as they have to use what resources they have available.
when all else fails, read the STICKIES.
No, it's your fault for expecting someone to know something that they don't and then refuse to tell them so as to keep them ignorant. If you have information share it. If you won't do that then don't talk shit about someone who doesn't know.
Intersexuality and all that it's about isn't common knowledge. And if you're not here to educate people why the hell are you posting in the first place?I'm not here to educate people on things I expect as common knowledge
Or you discuss it with people who do know, like you. Which is why I'm on these forums, to learn things I couldn't find looking through other places on the internet. People with first hand or professional experience or who have read up on the subject from better sources than I could ever find. You also can't know what you're looking for when you don't know what you are looking for. I didn't know intersexuality was a thing till yesterday. I knew what a hermaphrodites but not the term "intersexuality."- usually if you're ignorant of a subject you either ignore or do basic research beforehand -
Because it looked like you quoted the entire article. Why would I click the link when you've already posted what looks like everything in it?hell you didn't even read the link before posting
After clicking the link and looking at the "Read more" there are articles titled "At 12 I grew a beard and had a period" and "Doctors 'played God' with my body." Why the hell would I want to read something click baitie as that? After skimming the third one it looked like it had information worth spending time reading.
So why the hell would I go through all that bullshit when here you are with information on the subject?