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.

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.

First thing I noticed was bad grammar like this

QuoteWhen 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.

Reads like a second hand report, based upon gossip.

These things happen. The girl needs privacy and support.