Feb
Is it possible for a hermaphrodite to have children??
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No. They prefered to be called intersexed.
What is intersexuality (hermaphroditism)?
Our culture conceives sex anatomy as a dichotomy: humans come in two sexes, conceived of as so different as to be nearly different species. However, developmental embryology, as well as the existence of intersexuals, proves this to be a cultural construction. Anatomic sex differentiation occurs on a male/female continuum, and there are several dimensions.
Genetic sex, or the organization of the "sex chromosomes," is commonly thought to be isomorphic to some idea of "true sex." However, something like 1/500 of the population have a karyotype other than XX or XY. Since genetic testing was instituted for women in the Olympic Games, a number of women have been disqualified as "not women," after winning. However, none of the disqualified women is a man; all have atypical karyotypes, and one gave birth to a healthy child after having been disqualified.
The sex chromosomes determine the differentiation of the gonads into ovaries, testes, ovo-testes, or nonfunctioning streaks. The hormones produced by the fetal gonads determine the differentiation of the external genitalia into male, female, or intermediate (intersexual) morphology. Genitals develop from a common precursor, and therefore intermediate morphology is common, but the popular idea of "two sets" of genitals (male and female) is not possible. Intersexual genitals may look nearly female, with a large clitoris, or with some degree of posterior labial fusion. They may look nearly male, with a small penis, or with hypospadias. They may be truly "right in the middle," with a phallus that can be considered either a large clitoris or a small penis, with a structure that might be a split, empty scrotum, or outer labia, and with a small vagina that opens into the urethra rather than into the perineum.
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if the female organs are complete then he/she can carry a child and if male are complete then he/she can produce a child. Chances are very low that he/she has BOTH sets that are complete and working.
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Generally no. Most real hermaphrodites are chimeras and the mulitple dna strands is what caused the gentital 'mutation' They are most often sterile. Wikipedia has some info if you search both hermaphrodite and chimera. You may also want to search 'intersexed' which is the more politcally correct term.
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Snails are hermaphrodites. Peoples generally aren't.
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no idea, great question though!
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Yeah, with him/her self.
Creepy huh?
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Why doesn't he just go and f… himself?! No-maybe it is illegal as it is incest…maybe. Got to go-I'll try it and tell you in 9 months.