Hermaphrodite's sad tale

[Shana A]

Hermaphrodite's sad tale

    * Source: Global Times
    * [08:47 December 01 2010]
   
http://life.globaltimes.cn/odd/2010-12/597972.html

A 20-year-old university student from Pengshui county, Chongqing Municipality is facing a hard choice: to become a man or a woman after doctors at Southwest Hospital found that she is a hermaphrodite.

Zeng Jing, who was raised as a girl, came to the hospital with her mother for examinations where Doctor Lu Gensheng found Zeng has small breasts, small testis, no uterus, and both a vagina and a small "little brother." He said Zeng can accept an operation to reshape her body as either male or female, but in either case she would never be fertile.

[Zelane]

Urgh!

Why "sad" ?

Its only sad because society says so and makes that those that are intersex feel outcast and freaks and to have shame.

[LordKAT]

First thing I noticed was bad grammar like this

When Zeng told doctors that if she could not be a complete woman, she would like to be a man.

First thought is why not let hir choose male, female, or be left as is. Two choices is too narrow.

[spacial]

Reads like a second hand report, based upon gossip.

These things happen. The girl needs privacy and support.