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A hermaphrodite (/ h ər ˈ m æ f r ə ˌ d aɪ t /) is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes. [1] Animal species in which individuals are either male or female are gonochoric , which is the opposite of hermaphroditic.
Ovotesticular syndrome (also known as ovotesticular disorder or OT-DSD) is a rare congenital condition where an individual is born with both ovarian and testicular tissue. [1] [2] It is one of the rarest disorders of sex development (DSDs), with only 500 reported cases. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. Atypical congenital variations of sex characteristics This article is about intersex in humans. For intersex in other animals, see Intersex (biology). Not to be confused with Hermaphrodite. Intersex topics Human rights and legal issues Compulsory sterilization Discrimination Human ...
The old word we don’t use anymore is “hermaphrodite,” and in medical books nowadays, you will see it as “differences in sexual development. ... But even if the real rate were lower, it ...
Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author, social worker, suffragette and Zionist. [5]Nubia Barahona, a ten-year-old American girl murdered in 2011.; Herculine Barbin, the 19th century memoirs of this French intersex person were published by Michel Foucault in 1980. [6]
Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) described a hermaphrodite fancifully as those who "have the right breast of a man and the left of a woman, and after coitus in turn can both sire and bear children." [26] Under Roman law, as many others, a hermaphrodite had to be classed as either male or female. [27]
Hermaphrodites have both male and female reproductive parts. The male and female system act as separate units until the egg and sperm are ready to fuse together. The fusion of egg and sperm takes place in the uterus of the female system.
Intersex people were historically termed hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", [2] [3] or even congenitally "frigid". [4] Such terms have fallen out of favor, now considered to be misleading and stigmatizing. [ 5 ]