Question by brainlessfreak27: is there a sexual orientation where you are only attracted to hermphrodites?
i know i spelled that wrong, sorry. i just want to know… its been on my mind a while… kinda random. please give any thoughts. THANKS!
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Answer by uva guy
I’m sure there is, but I don’t know if there’s scientific name for it. I came up with hermaphrophilia, and several other people appear to have come up with it too.
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That’s so specific, in most instances it would be considered a fetish, not a sexual orientation. Hermaphrodites (one kind of intersexed people) are those whose genitalia are both male & female. That orientation would not occur in utero, like being gay, straight, or bi, but instead would develop later after you became aware that hermaphrodites exist.
No. Hermaphrodites (I’m sure that’s not politically correct), consider themselves male or female.
If you were attracted to only hermaphrodites, it would only be because you KNEW that they had both parts, which is more of a fetish than an orientation.
I agree with Androgy. That’s more of a fetish than a sexual orientation.
I agree with some of the others, it is a fetish. But let’s clear up the terminology shall we?
A hermaphroditic organism is one that has a complete set of both sex organs. Only animals such as snails and worms can be hermaphrodites. Humans are NOT born with both sets of sex organs, that is a common MYTH. There are people who are born some mixture of male and female tissues though and they are more correctly identified as “Intersex(ed)”. There are dozens of intersex conditions. They range from not visible to ambiguous. For example a woman with AIS (androgen insensitivity syndrome) looks completely female. Her AIS may not be discovered until puberty when she fails to menstruate. The reason is she has no female organs (uterus and ovaries) is because she is chromosomally XY. However, her body is insensitive to the effects of testosterone (hence the name AIS) and the estrogen in her body makes her develop that way. It should be noted that everyone has both estrogen and testosterone in their bodies.
Another important thing to keep in mind is although their bodies may be intersexed these people are NOT a third gender. The vast majority, like everyone else, have firm gender identities. Meaning they have a strong sense of themselves as males or females. AIS women for example strongly identify as female.
Please respect the gender identity of all people.
I agree with Leah