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JustJess · 08-26-2008, 04:39 PM

It's very confusing for a child to be raised without some kind of gender.

The most logical thing to do is to examine their genetics, anatomy, and hopefully their sensitivity to hormones as well as probable hormone production and then decide. (I don't think you can examine the hormone aspect until puberty, but I could be wrong about that. I'll check.) An example: There are some boys who are born insensitive to testosterone, and thus their bodies automatically develop female phenotypical characteristics. When they hit pubertal age, but never have a period, they get checked out and it's discovered that their "ovaries" are really testes, and they find out they're really male. However, in this case, most people (and I'd agree) choose to get hormone therapy and continue as females. The testes are removed as they're a high risk of cancer.

Clearly, in that case, you have your daughter continue as your daughter, and she'd probably agree.

08-26-2008, 04:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	It's very confusing for a child to be raised without some kind of gender. The most logical thing to do is to examine their genetics, anatomy, and hopefully their sensitivity to hormones as well as probable hormone production and then decide. (I don't think you can examine the hormone aspect until puberty, but I could be wrong about that. I'll check.) An example: There are some boys who are born insensitive to testosterone, and thus their bodies automatically develop female phenotypical characteristics. When they hit pubertal age, but never have a period, they get checked out and it's discovered that their "ovaries" are really testes, and they find out they're really male. However, in this case, most people (and I'd agree) choose to get hormone therapy and continue as females. The testes are removed as they're a high risk of cancer. Clearly, in that case, you have your daughter continue as your daughter, and she'd probably agree. __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.