Going into the nursing field I found the article “Hermaphrodites with Attitude” interesting. I feel that this article gave a new perspective on hermaphrodites, especially the troubling consequences that the victim and its family must go through. I do somewhat agree with the doctors in the case of giving it a single gender, although I definitely see the problem in doing so. Is giving a baby a specific gender worth the consequences for the individual and family in the long run, and does the doctor really want to carry the weight on his shoulders knowing he/she could have assigned an individual the wrong gender. The comparison that I found intriguing was the number of hermaphrodites to the number of cystic fibrosis patients, since I have a cousin with cystic fibrosis. I think this article brought and new perspective and awareness to this basically all too common problem that a lot of us underestimate its number and are unfamiliar with.
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