What Box to Check?

Should intersex people have to choose their gender, either female or male? Do intersexuality people need treatment? These types of questions definitely bring up a variety of issues. I think that most people that have more of an issue with intersex people are people that are religious. I am not very religious at all so I think that not having that background has a different affect on me. I definitely don’t think that people that are intersex should have to choose being either female or male. Society forces them to conform to one or the other by checking a little box when filling out legal documents or any other random survey.
On the movie Multiple Genders movie Reverend David Holloway is a perfect example of how Judo Christian views are portrayed in our society today. He said that people who have these issues have “deformed” bodies and are not healthy. He said that kids should have a committed mother and father and that is what families consist of. But the way I think of that is a little old fashioned. Aren’t families about having unconditional love and support, and not what sex your parent is? Dr. Stephen Whittle from the Multiple Genders video say children of gays and lesbians are exactly the same as children with different sexed parents. I think that as long as you have love and are a good hearted person then it shouldn’t matter if you are female, male, black, white, lesbian or any other different thing on this earth. Everyone is different in their own way and forcing people to conform and choose that box on that piece of paper is ridiculous.
As far as them getting treatment why, what is the purpose? What is their medical reasoning behind it? Just because people are different the “normal” and “religious” people think that we need to give them help when they don’t need help. They just need people to get off of their backs and let them live their life as normal as humanly possible. They are confused enough about how they feel, they shouldn’t have to deal with people who have no idea who that person truly is.
Humans are all humans no matter who they like or what they believe. We all roam this earth with common interests and goals and even though we can’t all agree on everything we should be able to agree that forcing someone to choose a gender when they don’t feel like either one is wrong. I think that the government needs to be sensitive to intersex people’s needs and to make more than just a check marked box for a female or male. Being gay doesn’t even come into play because being gay just means that you like the same sex. That is no one’s concern but your own. Being intersex is when you feel like you are not either, so in order to fit in and feel like they are a part of this world they have to check one or the other box. Hopefully in future things will change and people will become more understanding of this issue.

Nicole : )