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Provide actual peer-reviewed scientific documentation of True Hermaphroditus in the human species.
Oh, please. Let's open up the discussion with the Encyclopedia Britannica:
http://www.britannica.com/EBch...3151/hermaphroditism
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In humans, hermaphroditism is an extremely rare sex anomaly. A true hermaphrodite is an individual who has both ovarian and testicular tissue. The ovarian and testicular tissue may be separate, or the two may be combined in what is called an ovotestis. Hermaphrodites have sex chromosomes showing male-female mosaicism (where one individual possesses both the male XY and female XX chromosome pairs). Most often, but not always, the chromosome complement is 46,XX, and in every such individual there also exists evidence of Y chromosomal material on one of the autosomes (any of the 22 pairs of chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes). Individuals with a 46,XX chromosome complement usually have ambiguous external genitalia with a sizable phallus and are therefore often reared as males. However, they develop breasts during puberty and menstruate and in only rare cases actually produce sperm. Individuals with the external appearance of one sex but the chromosomal constitution and reproductive organs of the opposite sex are examples of pseudohermaphroditism.
But wait! There's more! One of the more common intersex conditions is Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (which I referred to earlier), you can read the National Institute of Health report on it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002163/
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A person with complete AIS appears to be female but has no uterus, and has very little armpit and pubic hair. At puberty, female secondary sex characteristics (such as breasts) develop, but menstruation and fertility do not.
And since we're at the National Institute of Health website, we might as well link to their page on Intersex conditions:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline...y/article/001669.htm
So, there you go. Lots and lots of peer reviewed articles are cited on the subjected of intersex conditions.
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Assuming they do in fact produce no gametes, then they have no sex.
If you read the links on AIS, you'll see that "True AIS" cases are 100% phenotypically female. Breasts, genitals, everything but ovaries. Are you honestly saying that they're not female?
Hell, let's take it one step further. Let's say a woman has ovarian cancer and has to have her ovaries removed. She now produces no gametes. Has she now lost her classification as female?
In short, do you see how silly your argument is when faced with the biological reality?
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Your problems with the scientific definition of Sex are only problems if we follow the definition of sex as propositioned by you, and confusing your views for the views which you disagree with says to me that you need to take some time to find out more about the subject and divorce your social beliefs from the facts.
Your problem is that you're trying to debate physiology with a nurse. Not a smart idea.
The scientifically accepted definitions are that sex is biological, while gender is cultural. Fortunately, most intersex conditions are rare enough that they don't crop up often; when they do, it's usually easier to follow their gender identity unless it directly pertains to their treatment.