k-statearmywife

I am truly more educated on this topic than many people, including you I guarantee. I called hummingbird an idiot because she was acting like one, as stated in my response to her mocking my higher education.
Since when did a college education become devalued? Since other people became jealous?
I did exactly what I was asked to do, educate all the igorant biased individuals about intersexed individuals and responded accordingly when I was attacked for doing so.

I'd love to know what your intention was to provide an "other" category in the poll. Were you being facetious or genuinely being considerate?

First let's start with some basics.
*Sex - biological characteristics (XX=female, XY=male)
*Gender - socially constructed ideals about males and females
*Transgender - an individual who feels that they are neither male or female OR a male who subscribes to stereotypical female gendered scripts OR a female who identifies with male gender roles
*Transexual - an individual who has reconstructive surgery to alter their reproductive organs to identify with a male or female
*Intersexual - an individual who has intermingled male/female sex characteristics (previously "hermaphroditism")
- This occurs in 1.7% of live human births (Almost 2 out of every 100 babies born)
-How? Typically when a baby is born the genitalia clearly identify the baby as either a male or female, but there are measurements that a doctor can do to check as well. Believe it or not, the clitoris is the equvalent of the penis (external genitalia) (I can explain this too if you'd like).
.5-1cm external genitalia is considered a clitoris (female)
2.5-4.5cm external genitalia is considered a penis (male)
So what about the gap in between?? = INTERSEXUALITY
Many things can cause this to happen:
Turner Syndrome (XO chromosomes) =1 in 2,500 female births (the uterus and ovaries are missing)
Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY chromosomes) 1 in 600 births (small penis/testes, feminized hips, small breasts)
XYY Syndrome = 1 in 1,000 births (males are taller than average)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) = adrenal glands produce abnormally high amounts of androgens (male hormones) (the individual has a uterus and either a large clitoris or small penis)
Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) = genetic males cannot utilize androgen (they don't have internal reproductive organs, but they do have a small penis)
5 Alpha-Reductase Deficiency = prevents prenatal differentiation of the external genetalia tissue into a penis (there is no penis but the individual has facial hair, deep voice, broad shoulders)
Many times when there is any speculation as to a baby's sex, the doctors perform a surgery that shapes the genitalia into a clitoris, whether or not that baby had ovaries or not....leaving many males with clitorises.
So as you can see, it IS possible for an individual to be neither a male or a female. And who's to say they have to choose? Please be respectful of these individuals because 1-2 out of every 100 people that you know could be intersexed!
*This information was typed by myself from a feminist course taught at Kansas State University in 2009. I am a Psychology major and a Women's Studies minor, as well as a minor in Nonviolent Studies. If you have any more questions or would like to know more about anything that I discussed, I will answer them with the training that I have recieved.

I just wanted to say thank you for providing an "other" category for individuals who identify with a gender other than male or female. I hope people take it seriously because it is respectful to recognize that not everyone is either a man or a woman.
High-five for you lol.

I'm still new...just got my first fill. I have not PBed yet..ever, but I definetly got stuck this morning....it was Peanut Butter toast, which I was able to eat fine before my fill. It was so painful...my eyes started watering, it hurt to inhale...etc...I just wanted it to come up or go down!
What have you done to imediately relieve the stuck feeling?
If you PB, how do you do it?