Somewhere in the between

Due to my notes being a mess of paraphrased scribbles I’ll only be citing the ideas of the Multiple Genders video.  Maybe.

And I am no way am apologizing for any language for forceful ideas I will portray.  This is simply a fair warning.

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“But what would be the psychological consequences of taking the alternative road-- raising children as unabashed intersexuals?…What, for example, would happen to the intersexual child amid the unrelenting cruelty of the school yard? When the time came to shower in gym class, what horrors and humiliations would await the intersexual as his/her anatomy was displayed in all its nontraditional glory? In whose gym class would s/he register to begin with? What bathroom would s/he use? And how on earth would Mom and Dad help shepherd him/her through the mine field of puberty?”

Fausto-Sterling, as objective as she seems to be yet all at once in support of allowing intersexuals to remain as such, describes the mounting terror and ever present innate obligatory, self-inflated necessity to fix these humans with such simple questions [and that’s not even the half of them] that seem to have no answer but “snip and sew.”

She also goes on to say how there have been extensive studies before the time of surgery and none proved to be suicidal or have dreadful mental disorders that seem to be over-exaggeratedly rampant in our current times. 

With that said, though I’ve not over-analyzed the above quote for you -I think that’s for you to think of and explain to yourself, though I can, however, give you my oh-so-important opinion [harrharr]- I will say one thing:  Not only is it wrong morally for someone, even a “well-to-do-parent,” to choose someone’s sex for them [and it‘s not just sex they‘re choosing, but more “gender“], but it has been an accepted propaganda for bodily mutilation for far too long.  Would we not frown on and fight against someone doing this to an adult without their consent?  How is it different for a child?  Because they cannot “choose” for themselves?  I will return to these questions, as some objections may already be bubbling to the forefront of your mind.

To stress the point of mutilation, I’ll place under the magnifying glass of my far-too-socially-critical blubbering circumcision.  Males are forced to undergo this procedure at birth, but honestly, to what end?  It’s a religious practice, particularly Judeo-Christian one [and how many of the mass of people that have this done are practicing?], and has nothing to do with any sort of mental wellbeing or physical health.  That it is “unhealthy” is a bullshit synonym for saying “it’s unsanitary.”  Any male that doesn’t properly clean himself is filthy [as are women.  Don’t frown or pout at me.  You and I both know we have to clean ourselves just as well, too] regardless.  They’re no more susceptible or hard to upkeep than a circumcised male [the bacteria it can specifically develop is called “smegma,” by the way].  As a matter of fact, circumcised men are said to have less sexual sensation due to desensitization of the penis.

Yeah.  Desensitized.

That rant aside, people with their genitals altered are also susceptible to nerve damage, as they were not meant to be changed.  They were born that way.

So I come back to my question.  Because they can’t choose they should have their bodies mutilated?  No.  It is not the job of the “rational” mind to force upon the under-developed its social agenda.  Would we submit a child for scientific studies with medicine for health problems they did not have?  The only thing wrong with transexual people is the proliferated agenda that there is. 

There was once [and sometimes still is] a gross mistreatment of other genetic malformations.  Such as people that are born retarded.  They were often placed in “homes” away from their families with others where they were ill cared for and abused.  Or placed in basements, hidden from the rest of the world.  Perhaps it is a genetic disconformities, but that does not excuse us from destroying their existence with ideas of bigotry and fear.

Children born intersexuals simply need the same amount, a different type, or care and sensitivity.  Because when I read, “And how on earth would Mom and Dad help shepherd him/her through the mine field of puberty?” All I see is “waaah waaaaaah this is harder for em to figure out as a parent.”

Grow up and be quiet.  Any and all children with physical or emotional stunts, such as:  An abnormally sized male [big or small], and under developed girl, someone born plain, that developed before other children [Myself, including several other girls developed large breasts at a young age.  Apparently, that’s “our fault,” and we’re whores for it].  In short, child are relentlessly cruel to all “abnormal” people, no matter the abnormality.  Every parent has the capacity to be a crap parent to any child if they’re not sensitive to their children’s needs.  Reaffirmed affection and constant communication would help both child and parent grow under transexual circumstances.  If and when the occasion rises that the individual says “I would like to do this to my body because it was what I feel I am,” then it is their choice and they’ve been given the opportunity to grow and learn on their own.

Not to snivel: I’ve suffered from feeling unrelated to my gender my entire life.  I cannot possibly imagine what it would feel like for someone to not only feel disjointed with their social “role,” but to then be stuck in that body? 

How would you feel growing up knowing someone unfairly made that choice for you?