Meaning of hermafrodite | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“To me anyone presenting herself as female, is a female (TS/TV or anything else). Anyone presenting himself as male is a male (idem), anyone presenting him/herself as anything inbetween^([sic]) is considered hermafrodite/androgyn.^([sic]) It's a question⟳ of social role and a litlle^([sic]) tact, not genotype and/or fenotype.^([sic]) What would you call⟳ a XY-woman, an XX-man or a biological hermafrodite (they *do* exist⟳)? A woman who has undergone hysterectomy or a castrated man ?”

“I have⟳ only the one body, in which I feel⟳ comfortable, but by rights, I should be a hermafrodite.”

“> Did you know⟳ that males of C. elegans masturbate? Do these little perverts know⟳ what they are doing or they are just responding to hormonal stimulus when they become⟳ sexually mature? Some C. elegans are hermafrodites and capable of self-fertilization. Perhaps the males don't "know⟳" they are not hermafrodites and are simply trying to fertilize themselves.”

“But, definetly,^([sic]) a man is one force⟳ and woman the other one. When they are in the sexual intercouse,^([sic]) right in that moment they form⟳, one more time , the primitive hermafrodite, with the power of creation a new life (a baby) and also the power of regenerating themselves through Sexual Magic.”

“Some twenty years ago I read⟳ a SF book about 4 people (2 men, 2 women) who were abducted and dropped on another planet. After several adventures they discover⟳ that their kidnappers (hermafrodites, with faces that look⟳ like⟳ the Sphinx) again offer⟳ them a new garden of eden. The book made quite an impression on me and I would like⟳ to read⟳ it again, however I lost the book and also cannot remember⟳ the title. The dutch title was (translated in english) "Cosmic Experiment⟳".”

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