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Originally Posted by R2D3
The number of children born "intersexual" and the subsequent decision of a doctor to perform surgery (for aesthetic or social purposes) to "assign" a gender is much higher than many would ever know. This can lead to gender confusion, as you can guess; some kids notice it earlier especially in these days of much more openness about gender issues.
I don't find the article or issue all that surprising.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A843176 |
Yet, a person who has had an arbitrary decision made regarding their gender, without even the possibility of their consent, will be treated as some kind of oddball, if, at the time of their dawning awareness of this predicament, they notice that the doctors chose the wrong gender.
I don't know if that's the case here, but the numbers are really quite high, for something that almost nobody acknowledges as a factor.