"Intersex" or "ambiguous sexual phenotype" is one of the few social emergencies that parents of a newborn face. The family will have to respond to "is it a boy or a girl" questions and such decision of "social sex assignment" must be made with the aid of experts, including medical geneticists.

W. Wertelecki, M.D.

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Some of many ancient extand statues of hermaphrodites