How are intersexuals treated by the medical establishment?
This is a subject of much debate in the intersexual community. The standard treatment of infants and children with intersexual genitalia is to surgically modify them into “normal”-looking babies as quickly as possible. However, while such modifications look cosmetically normal, they often leave the individual with little or no sexual sensation, and sometimes an increased risk of urinary tract and other infections.Also, some forms of follow-up care, such as frequent viewings by doctors and medical students, and the daily use of “stents” to dilate artificial vaginas in small children, would be considered sexual abuse if visited on a “normal” child. Many intersexuals have lasting sexual and emotional issues long into adulthood from such treatment.There is also the issue that intersexuals do not always end up choosing to be the sex that their parents and pediatric surgeons decide that they will be. A sizeable number end up requesting sex reassignment as adults, which is generally more diff
