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To: coloradan
To be sure, there do exist hermaphroditic people.

How does the ability to test DNA impact a baby born with indeterminate sex organs? It seems that in the past, parents might choose the wrong sex for such a baby. This error would show up at puberty. Wouldn't DNA testing show which sex should be chosen for the baby?

4 posted on 10/21/2018 3:41:06 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Freee-dame

The exception to the rule. Very few humans are born with indeterminate gender.

It doesn’t mean we should redefine the rest of our society for them.


8 posted on 10/21/2018 3:43:51 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Freee-dame
There also exist mixed tetragametic chimeras, in which some of the cells are genetically male and others are genetically females, but these merged into a single person.

These happen in butterflies and birds, too.


43 posted on 10/21/2018 6:25:30 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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