...anyone can google 'intersex' and read for days to learn anything they want to know. So I'll dumb it down for you.
It's a broad term that can incorporate many different conditions. XX usually equals female. XY usually equals male. Now realize that people can be XO, where the 'o' basically means that there is no male or female chromosome. Without that, we all start female, and only the presence of the Y turns little girl fetuses into little boy fetuses. On top of that, you can also have XO WITH xy, or xx, or xxy or xxx or any of those things on their own. Basically, your chromosomes can do whatever the frick they wanna, and for a number of reasons, or none at all. There are also conditions in which a straight up XX or XY either 'virilizes' (turns into a dude) or doesn't, with either outward or inward physical variations.
A large number of babies, children and adults have ongoing medical conditions, , growth problems, need hormone therapy, have thyroid issues, learning difficulties, and more! Hurray!
They estimate that 1.7% of ALL people have an intersex condition! Yep! Some people (maybe you!) never know it at all. Some people are diagnosed at birth. Some people find out when they fail to go through puberty. Some people find out when they are unable to conceive their own children. Some people....well...never know.
Maybe that's why if I didn't wax myself, I could PROBABLY grow a full on moustache in a week.
Alright...that's all I've got for now!
i think i told you about this before.
ReplyDeletethere was a girl on oprah who was 100% XY, but for some reason she was a girl physically. she had a vagina and uterus, but no ovaries. she had testes too but they were inside her.
apparently the y part of her was suppressed and thats what made her physically a girl.
but she looked like a girl, felt like a girl and acted like a girl. she had a boyfriend who knew about her condition.
all she has to do it take birth control to regulate her hormones. and she cant have biological kids but i think she could carry a donor egg to full term...
and they did an episode of House based on it too.