I would like to comment on the reading Hermaphrodites with attitude by Amy Bloom. First of all I want to start off by saying that I feel like I was taking a mini science course when I was reading this; I did not know that there was that much involved. I also did not realize how typical hermaphrodites are. In here she discusses in more detail of hermaphroditism, which is described as truly ambiguous genitals, both male and female but not a complete set of either. I guess I find this disturbing, both positively and negatively. I find it disturbing in the sense that it is out of the norm, but I also find it disturbing of how the entire process has an effect on the individual. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be different from the typical norm and the characteristics that go along with it; to be set apart because you do not have the attached characteristics to that specific gender. I guess I ponder the thought of why a gender is expected to be a certain way.
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