Betsy
08-06-04, 10:38 PM
From: http://www.bodieslikeours.org/forums/showpost.php?p=5297&postcount=20 originally posted by Maxkwak
Now I have a roundabout question on intersexauls and gender identity. I assume that most intersexuals accept the gender identity that they predominantly resemble and which was assigned to them at birth (or shortly thereafter if surgically reassigned to the opposite gender), while a smaller minority do not, just as people do in general society. Is that correct? While I feel predominantly male, I don't feel fully male, due to my physiological status, and actually feel androgenous in many respects. I'm curious if that is a common feeling or unique to me.
Both assumptions/statements aer pretty much correct. Most IS people remain in the gender assigned. It's along the lines of "a small but not insignificant number" do change the gender in some form on their own. The numbers get a bit more fluid if sex reassignment surgery was performed during childhood, but even then it's not something that is hard and fast. I think the andro part may not be that uncommon.
Betsy
Now I have a roundabout question on intersexauls and gender identity. I assume that most intersexuals accept the gender identity that they predominantly resemble and which was assigned to them at birth (or shortly thereafter if surgically reassigned to the opposite gender), while a smaller minority do not, just as people do in general society. Is that correct? While I feel predominantly male, I don't feel fully male, due to my physiological status, and actually feel androgenous in many respects. I'm curious if that is a common feeling or unique to me.
Both assumptions/statements aer pretty much correct. Most IS people remain in the gender assigned. It's along the lines of "a small but not insignificant number" do change the gender in some form on their own. The numbers get a bit more fluid if sex reassignment surgery was performed during childhood, but even then it's not something that is hard and fast. I think the andro part may not be that uncommon.
Betsy