Intersex

Wolf359 · Apr 21, 2016

In before the lock?

Anyway, this reminds me of the movie Predestination or the short story by Robert A Heinlein called All You Zombies.

I don't really want to spoil it for those who haven't read/seen it, but the main character is one of those mentioned in the OP's post and it's a fun time travel story.

aquariuscsm · Apr 21, 2016

So if it's not a dude and it's not a chick,is it an "it"?

Stelth · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
So if it's not a dude and it's not a chick,is it an "it"?

Ah, nevermind.

d00df00d · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: eljefino
I see the topic as 0/3. Carry on!

Biology is a weird thing and we're always finding weird stuff. Human condition and whatnot.

simple_gifts · Apr 21, 2016

For an interesting relevant discussion of some of the ramifications of this, check out the wikipedia article on gender verification in sports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_verification_in_sports

Quote:

The Dutch sprinter Foekje Dillema was expelled from the 1950 national team after she refused a mandatory sex test in July 1950; later investigations revealed a Y-chromosome in her body cells, and the analysis showed that she probably was a 46,XX/46,XY mosaic female.

HerrStig · Apr 21, 2016

This is clearly a troll on an automotive site. A waste of bandwidth.

Kuato · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: dave1251
The single mindedness of some members here. It just is not right, there was no R/S/P discussion by the OP. The OP was just stating well regarded scientific fact yet it is not well known.

My thought also.

I first came across this in a story back in the 90s of a married couple that was trying to conceive. They'd tried everything and after exhausting just about all the tricks known to science the doctors performed genetic tests. Turns out the woman (who was perfectly normal in all respects, including menstruation) has some sort of genetic combination that was male, and her body simply did not notice androgen. Androgen is responsible for converting the fetus from female to male in the womb (converting is not the correct term here, so don't nit pick I am not a scientist). So her body had never made the transition to male, as it would normally would have, so was unable to become pregnant. Last I heard they were still married, and had happily adopted some children.

Stelth · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: Kuato
Originally Posted By: dave1251
The single mindedness of some members here. It just is not right, there was no R/S/P discussion by the OP. The OP was just stating well regarded scientific fact yet it is not well known.

My thought also.

I first came across this in a story back in the 90s of a married couple that was trying to conceive. They'd tried everything and after exhausting just about all the tricks known to science the doctors performed genetic tests. Turns out the woman (who was perfectly normal in all respects, including menstruation) has some sort of genetic combination that was male, and her body simply did not notice androgen. Androgen is responsible for converting the fetus from female to male in the womb (converting is not the correct term here, so don't nit pick I am not a scientist). So her body had never made the transition to male, as it would normally would have, so was unable to become pregnant. Last I heard they were still married, and had happily adopted some children.

Androgen insensitivity syndrome, or AIS, is the name of this condition.

SZR48207 · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
This is clearly a troll on an automotive site. A waste of bandwidth.

Probably just someone who feels the regressive leftism isn't present enough on BITOG.

Brybo86 · Apr 21, 2016

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
For an interesting relevant discussion of some of the ramifications of this, check out the wikipedia article on gender verification in sports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_verification_in_sports

Quote:

The Dutch sprinter Foekje Dillema was expelled from the 1950 national team after she refused a mandatory sex test in July 1950; later investigations revealed a Y-chromosome in her body cells, and the analysis showed that she probably was a 46,XX/46,XY mosaic female.

hey yeh so what happens when a tranny, used to be boy now girl tries to Win all the Olympic medals as a girl(but really boy)

Kuato · Apr 22, 2016

Originally Posted By: Stelth
Originally Posted By: Kuato
Originally Posted By: dave1251
The single mindedness of some members here. It just is not right, there was no R/S/P discussion by the OP. The OP was just stating well regarded scientific fact yet it is not well known.

My thought also.

I first came across this in a story back in the 90s of a married couple that was trying to conceive. They'd tried everything and after exhausting just about all the tricks known to science the doctors performed genetic tests. Turns out the woman (who was perfectly normal in all respects, including menstruation) has some sort of genetic combination that was male, and her body simply did not notice androgen. Androgen is responsible for converting the fetus from female to male in the womb (converting is not the correct term here, so don't nit pick I am not a scientist). So her body had never made the transition to male, as it would normally would have, so was unable to become pregnant. Last I heard they were still married, and had happily adopted some children.

Androgen insensitivity syndrome, or AIS, is the name of this condition.

Thank you, Doctor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UZWfMgjqAs

Wasn't aware there was an official name, don't recall them mentioning it in the article....guess it's been named since the 90s.

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