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ZephyrZodiac:
It would be interesting to know how many people now undergoing surgery to "change sex" were originally assigned the wrong sex when they were born, due to this need of the parents to have either a boy or a girl, and the state's inability to recognise that some babies do not fall naturally into either category, but will sometimes do so at puberty? All the difficulties such people incur during their lives, from pure discrimination to legal absurdities, could be prevented if the law was not"such an ass".
veilchen:
Bravo ZZ, well put.
It is frightening that the medical profession still thinks of these 'assignment proceedures' as corrective surgery, implying that there is an abnormality. I should also be pointed out that when transsexuals change (correct) their condition, they change their body, not their gender. The medical profession and society at large defends those surgical proceedures by stating that they only want to make the individual more comfortable. The only question I would like to ask is "who made them uncomfortable in the first place?"
Thank goodness there are organizations now that will help intersexed and transsexual individuals accept themselves, such as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association and the Intersexual Society of North America.
Hairfish:
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 August 16, 11:43:33
Ah, the old misplaced apostrophe. It is the bane of my existence.
I am among friends. ;D
Hairfish:
I'd also like to add that the natural progression of this thread has been most enjoyable. Very non-linear. Glad to see that allowed to happen.
ZephyrZodiac:
We seem to do that a lot here!
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