My girlfriend says she is a hermaphrodite, what is a hermaphrodite?
A hermaphrodite is someone with both female and male sex organs. The better term for the condition of being not entirely female or male is intersex. Sex – being female or male – is biological, a combination of the genetic makeup – chromosomes and physical parts – sex organs (genitals) we are born with, as well as the hormonal differences that start long before birth and continue as we progress through puberty and into adulthood. Usually, a girl has XX chromosomes and female sex organs, and a boy has XY chromosomes and male sex organs. But up to one in 2,000 infants is born with an intersex condition each year – they have “ambiguous” chromosomes, sex organs, or both. Intersex people may be considered sexually ambiguous in different ways: They may have sex organs that appear to be somewhat female or male or a mixture of both. (They cannot, however, have complete female genitals and complete male genitals. That’s a myth.) They may have a large clitoris – more than two-fifths of an inch. T
