Both Sex or No Sex

[one_raven]

You don't want them to think they are abnormal!

Why not?
What's so horrible about being outside the "norm"?

Besides, there really is no such thing as "normal" - that's just a bullshit hegemonic term - and we are all abnormal, anyway.

 

[jessiej920]

I would allow the child to choose what sex they wish to be. At some point it will become obvious what gender the child is starting to identify with and I would raise them accordingly. Like a perfectly healthy little boy or girl.

 

[CutsieMarie89]

If you have a boy, at least in the US, you have to decide if you want genital mutilation or not. Aka circumcision. Personally I would strongly advise not.

That's an easy decision to make. Definitely no, unless something is medically wrong and can't be fixed any other way. I guess with an intersexed child I would have to weigh the pros and cons. Gender and sexuality are such arbitrary binaries, I would hate to force them into one physically, with out their opinion or consent on the matter.

 

[visceral_instinct]

That doesn't make any sense.. What are you going to name the kid? How is the kid going to dress? Which bathroom would he/she use? Which teams would he/she play on; the boys or the girls. Sorry, you can't dodge the decision and let he child decide when they're 18. To do so would condemn the kid to living as a freak, being ostracized, isolated, and warped for life. You must decide, not the child.

Well duh, if the child was a masculinized girl, you raise them as a girl, if it was a feminized boy, you raise them as a boy.

Then when they get older they can reject that external construct if they want to.

'What people think' is not sufficient grounds for surgery, goddammit.