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Old 09-29-2006, 10:43 AM   #15
Pangloss62
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I read a fascinaing article about a real human hermaphrodite (intersex).

http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.ph...2860&Itemid=27

In it she relates this about her mom's decision to "repair" her abnormality:

Chase says that her own mother’s discomfort with and ignorance about sexuality contributed to the decision to have Chase’s clitoris amputated. When Chase flew from Japan to Florida to discuss her childhood with her mother, she also quizzed her mother about sex. “No, I don’t know what human genitals look like, exactly,” Chase’s mother told her. “I have never looked at myself, and I never looked closely at my children. The doctor said your clitoris had to go. Mine never meant anything to me, so I didn’t think it was wrong to remove yours.”

I hate to say it, but that sounds like MY mom! How I got out of that house without being completely warped I'll never know.
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