The most important sexual organ

摘要

Susan was whisked away as soon as she was born. Her mother wasn't allowed to bathe or undress her for several days; the doctors simply said that there was something wrong. Susan had an 'intersex' condition ― her genitalia offered no clear indication whether she was a girl or a boy. Although Susan is genetically male, doctors convinced her parents that she should undergo surgery to turn her into a girl ― the operation is easier to perform, and medical opinion was that, with appropriate hormone treatment, she would develop normally in her assigned gender. And so it turned out: Susan is now in her twenties, married and happy as a woman. But for a small proportion of the one in about 4,000 children born with 'ambiguous' genitalia, things don't work out so well. Tony was also born genetically male and had similar surgery. But he never felt comfortable as a girl. After many years of unhappiness, he began testosterone treatment and now lives as a man.