I am currently taking a women’s studies class and for the last couple of classes we have been discussing intersex babies. I have never had any other teacher touch on this subject before so I didn’t have much knowledge on it. I have found this topic extremely interesting. From the articles that we have read for the class I have gathered that most if not all doctors urge the parents of the child to decide if they want their child to be male or female within 24 hours of the baby being born. I think that it is outrageous for a parent or doctor to decide the sex of the baby in that short span of time. It is also completely disrespectful of the child to take away his/her decision. If an adult decides that they are not happy with their gender they are asked to submit themselves in some sort of counseling that will help them decide if they should or should not have a sex change however, if a child is born that happens to have both genitals the decision is made without him/her actually having any say so in the decision. I think that the child should be able to grow up and decide what gender they identify the most with instead of having someone else make that life changing decision for them.
I definitely agree with you Kathy. As hard as it may be for others to grasp this beliefe that ppl should be able to decide what gender they identify the most with, i think it makes sense. A person is the most knowledable about themselves, no one else should tell them what or who they can and should be.
ReplyDeleteI am on the fence with this. On one hand, I think that it is the child's decision because only they know what sex they want identify better with. On the other hand, I think that is is ok for parents to do that because it will keep confusion down later in the child's life.
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