Posted: Feb 13, 2014 11:01 pm
zulumoose wrote:As I understand it the correct use of the term "gender" is how one self-identifies, in other words a pre-op transsexual can have a different gender to their sex.
Given that understanding, it makes no sense to operate before the gender is apparant unless there is a medical need, which I have heard can often be the case as internal testicles can be extremely risky in terms of things like raising the cancer probability.
good point, I would definitely consider surgery to make it male or female. My decision to make it male or female would depend on what it has more of. For example, if it had more of a penis I would make it male, or if it had more of a vagina I would make it a female. Another thing is which one is more functioning. I wouldn't want to base my decison on what gender I wanted more because it wouldn't feel right. It would just feel like I picked my own child's gender, and I don't think that is fair. I would raise him/her just as any other girl or boy is raised. I wouldn't treat him/her any different. He/she shouldn't be treated any different because they're just like everyone else.