By looking at this situation with Caster Semenya it really gave me the idea that if I did have an intersex child I would start raising it as one sex, and then maybe someday in the future I would possible give it a sex test.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Intersex trouble....
What would I do...? What would I do if my child were born intersex. Well, previously in class we had a great debate on what we would do if our child was born intersex. I feel that personally, I would raise it one way and one way only. Intersex children if raised the wrong way, I feel that it could lead to psychological problems. Look at Caster Semenya, she was raised to be a girl, and all of the sudden her whole life has taken on a 360 degree turn around. Recently Semenya's test results came back on the testing of her gender, and it came back that she was not a man, nor a woman....she was a hermaphrodite. Looking at this situation I feel really bad for her and she should be able to keep running in the future, but just what should she be classified as, and should she be able to run in a woman's event anymore?
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You can see the problems that arise from having to categorize everyone into one of only two options. Obviously, someone who is born intersex does not fit either. And therefore, they are penalized their entire lives. If you decided to raise your child as a male, what if it turns out that the child later feels he should have been born into a female body? Then the child would be faced with needing to have sex reassignment surgery. And if you knew the child was born intersex, then there would be no need to have a sex test, since as in the case of Semenya, the test revealed that she was indeed born intersex. It is definitely a complex issue, one that is magnified in a culture that provides only two options--male and female.
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