alright this scenario pisses me off to no end. A baby is born a hermaphrodite. Gets its vagina removed. Later in life it discovers it wants to be a woman. But is treated like a man and is not allowed. Maybe his parents don't even let him know he was born intersexed.

Heres why it pisses me off! I have a fetish for hermaphrodites so it really grinds my insides when something so rare and so beautiful is destroyed!

1. THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER REMOVED ITS GENITALS FROM BIRTH! WHAT GIVES THEM THE RIGHT! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A HERMAPHRODITE!!!! REMOVING SOMEONES GENITALS AT BIRTH WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT IS WRONG!!! SHE WILL NEVER GET HER VAGINA AGAIN. SHE MAY EVEN COMMIT SUICIDE AND DEVELOP A COMPLEX BECAUSE OF IT.

2. THEY SHOULD HAVE LET HER KNOW SHE WAS A HERMAPHRODITE!

3. THEY TREAT HIM LIKE "HE" HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE A WOMAN

4. PARENTS MAKE ME SICK. IF I WAS A HERMAPHRODITE AND THIS HAPPENED TO ME I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IT DOWN. PROBABLY I WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE. THIS DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN TO ME AND I STILL FEEL EXTREMELY SICK ABOUT IT.

5. HAVING BOTH PARTS IS TOTALLY AWESOME. HAVING ONE OF THEM BEING REMOVED IS SIMILAR TO BECOMING A BILLIONARE ONE DAY, AND THEN THE SAME DAY LOSING ALL OF YOUR MONEY AND LIVING IN POVERTY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

A woman is a woman, and thus a she, even if she has the poor luck to have a penis.

Hermaphrodite is usually not the appropriate term and many intersexed people find it offensive.

For those who are intersexed it is a difficult thing to live with. And many who are would rather just be genetically male or female.

Quite frankly, most people you come across don't actually like being considered a fetish because they were born a certain way and I don't think you're going to make any friends here by saying that you have a fetish for them. Fetishes objectify people. People want to be treated with respect. No matter how well meaning you are they will take offense to the way you you have phrased things.

I completely agree that surgery which messes with an infant's genitals shouldn't be performed. But the way you presented this subject is bound to cause more arguments than a good discussion on the topic.

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