INTRODUCTION People known in the medical literature as true hermaphrodites have a mixed gonadal structure, ovo-testis, or sometimes one ovary and one testis. It was stated in this interview that the politically correct word for hermaphrodites is now intersexuals because of the mythological origins of hermaphrodite. Most intersexed people have a very, very, hard time with personal issues which surround being born intersexed. There is a relatively small group of "out" intersexuals in the world, …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…to their intersexuality. But there is also a sort of institutionalized abuse which Sallie talked about. The constant dehumanizing exams and case studies are painful, humiliating and upsetting for a child or young adult. Surgery as young teens and adults to "correct" their bodies is also traumatic and may not have a satisfactory outcome. It all adds up to one thing: a very strong desire to keep quiet and not tell anyone about being intersexed