And for the dumb libs like me who thought “oh come on. They represent such a small portion of the population. Sure, the form not taking them into account is a mistake, but this situation is so rare, you cannot expect them to plan for every cases.“
Being intersex is a naturally occurring variation in humans, and it isn’t a medical problem — therefore, medical interventions (like surgeries or hormone therapy) on children usually aren’t medically necessary. Being intersex is also more common than most people realize. It’s hard to know exactly how many people are intersex, but estimates suggest that about 1-2 in 100 people born in the U.S. are intersex.
As an intersex person i find this comparison to be the simplest. Or that intersex people are more common than people with green eyes. Most people who are intersex don't even know. Crazy right?
Well most people have never gotten a karotyping test done and don't know their chromosomes for example. You assume you're XX/XY but you really have no idea. You could be an XX male (assuming you're cis) XXX, XXY etc. and simply not know. Some of your cells could be XX and others could be XY, at the same time! This would define you as intersex. A woman might have internal testicles and never know until she gets an ultrasound, a man could have ovaries and simply not know. You might not find out until puberty, or until you find out you're infertile, until you die and theres an autopsy or you and no one may literally ever know. It's important to mention that intersex is a huge umbrella that includes a ton of different stuff and it can be a bit debated. Some men have all the internal sexual characteristics of a woman, but the external characteristics of a man and some people wouldn't consider that intersex.
I’m sorry to ask what feels like a stupid ass and insensitive question while you’re making a great point, but I don’t know where else I’d get the answer and you seem knowledgeable. If you’re a man with internal ovaries, where do the eggs go? Do they not experience a releasing of the eggs once a month through menstruation too? Damn my public school sex ed was weak
Well to be graphic one of my friends experiences menstruation and was born with a penis and it can come out of the penis or the anus. I'm not really sure on the details of how.
Yeah it's supposedly 1-2% too globally, the problem is that it varies a lot geographically. But it seems pretty accurate where I am, never thought of it that way
That's like the same rate as people with celiacs disease and so many more people consider gluten than consider intersex people; we have our own damn aisles in grocery stores but intersex people are still getting mutilated by doctors.
Nah, gluten free people is me: I'm not mad at me, just disappointed in me. I mean its crazy how quickly we got recognized as a real thing and not just a fad, but in nonlgbt spaces intersex people are just never considered when they are literally just born as intersex people.
And for the dumb libs like me who thought “oh come on. They represent such a small portion of the population. Sure, the form not taking them into account is a mistake, but this situation is so rare, you cannot expect them to plan for every cases.“
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As an intersex person i find this comparison to be the simplest. Or that intersex people are more common than people with green eyes. Most people who are intersex don't even know. Crazy right?
Complete idiot here so please excuse or just ignore. But I didn't know it could be that subtle
Well most people have never gotten a karotyping test done and don't know their chromosomes for example. You assume you're XX/XY but you really have no idea. You could be an XX male (assuming you're cis) XXX, XXY etc. and simply not know. Some of your cells could be XX and others could be XY, at the same time! This would define you as intersex. A woman might have internal testicles and never know until she gets an ultrasound, a man could have ovaries and simply not know. You might not find out until puberty, or until you find out you're infertile, until you die and theres an autopsy or you and no one may literally ever know. It's important to mention that intersex is a huge umbrella that includes a ton of different stuff and it can be a bit debated. Some men have all the internal sexual characteristics of a woman, but the external characteristics of a man and some people wouldn't consider that intersex.
I’m sorry to ask what feels like a stupid ass and insensitive question while you’re making a great point, but I don’t know where else I’d get the answer and you seem knowledgeable. If you’re a man with internal ovaries, where do the eggs go? Do they not experience a releasing of the eggs once a month through menstruation too? Damn my public school sex ed was weak
Well to be graphic one of my friends experiences menstruation and was born with a penis and it can come out of the penis or the anus. I'm not really sure on the details of how.
Yeah it's supposedly 1-2% too globally, the problem is that it varies a lot geographically. But it seems pretty accurate where I am, never thought of it that way
That's like the same rate as people with celiacs disease and so many more people consider gluten than consider intersex people; we have our own damn aisles in grocery stores but intersex people are still getting mutilated by doctors.
Please don’t be mad at the gluten free people about this, we didn’t create patriarchy with our inability to eat bread
Nah, gluten free people is me: I'm not mad at me, just disappointed in me. I mean its crazy how quickly we got recognized as a real thing and not just a fad, but in nonlgbt spaces intersex people are just never considered when they are literally just born as intersex people.