Today I am creating a buffer post between B and C. I will continue blogging my way through the
alphabet next week. This is a list (who
doesn’t love lists) of the top 5 reasons why genital surgeries on non-consenting
intersex babies is wrong. This may seem
somewhat redundant, but people tend to pay attention when things in list form.
5. It is done for the parents, not the child. The baby cannot express a gender preference
or a desire for genital surgery. The
parents discomfort is given priority over the child’s future identity and
sexuality.
4. It is not needed. There is no reason to operate on an infant, ambiguous
genitals are not a medical emergency. If
as an adult they decided this is what they want, fine, but there is no need to
force it on babies.
3. It forces us into a role we may not accept. There is no way to tell how an intersex baby
is going to identify. If they grow up
and identify opposite of the way the surgery made them, you will have created a
whole new set of problems.
2. It robs us of sexual sensation. We should have the right to sexual
pleasure. Surgery permanently robs us of
this.
1. We have the right to decide what happens to
our bodies. Unless it’s a matter of
life and death, any surgeries that were non-consensual and purely cosmetic are
ethically questionable at best. What
happens to our bodies is our choice not our parents or doctors.
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