Hermaphrodites

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Hermaphrodites

half-man, half-woman; offspring of Hermes and Aphrodite. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 153]

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En France, Voltaire, Dictionnaire philosophique, Paris, 1838, 903 indique prudemment au sujet des vrais hermaphrodites << il est bien hardi de dire : nous n'avons jamais vu ce phenomene donc il est impossible qu'il existe >>.

Ages, ambivalence sexuelle et identite juridique a travers les

A hermaphrodite has the physical presence of both male and female genitalia, or for whom such organs are not differentiated.

Hermaphrodism: the new norm

According to Heller's revision (1993), occasional hermaphrodites have been found in families such as Arcidae (genus Anadara), Unionidae (e.

Hermaphroditism among dioecious Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) (Mollusca, Psammobiidae) and Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) (Mollusca, Donacidae) on the Cachoeira River Estuary, Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil/Hermafroditismo nos moluscos dioicos Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) (Mollusca, Psammobiidae) e Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) (Mollusca, Donacidae) na regiao estuarina do Rio Cachoeira, Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil

Dreger, Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex (Cambridge, Mass.

What's in a name? The controversy over "disorders of sex development"

Remarkably, Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe demonstrates how the figure of the hermaphrodite personified the key issues at the heart of sixteenth-century culture, but also at the heart of gender studies today.

Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe

I will continue to minister to all persons, including heterosexuals, homosexuals, ex-gays, bisexuals, transgendered, transsexuals and hermaphrodites.

Incorrect

I was going to include transsexual memoirs, the Middlebrook and Colapinto books, some stuff on hermaphrodites and transvestites, and works of fiction that featured transsexuals.

He said, s/he said: Jonathan Ames on Jonathan Ames

In a more general and theoretical vein, eunuchs and hermaphrodites can be viewed as eloquent symbols of the danger of misinterpreting signs during the absolutist reign of Louis XIV.

Book-ends: the role of the eunuch and the hermaphrodite in Nicolas Venette's Tableau de l'amour considere dans l'estat du mariage

EARTHWORMS are hermaphrodites,but they have to mate to reproduce.

Charming creatures

She observes that early modern stories about hermaphrodites 'make us question the logic of that which we take for granted' and 'recognize that not all puzzles can be solved' (p.

Early Modern Hermaphrodites: Sex and Other Stories

Male whales, dolphins, and seals have been turning into hermaphrodites because of pollution, and European scientists concluded that beer does not cause beer bellies.

Researchers from the University of Chicago reported not long ago that male Guinea baboons fiddle with one another's genitals when they perform a complex greeting ritual; the fiddling follows face pulling and rump presentation

Supposedly these artificially assembled hermaphrodites in bud--who never will be allowed to complete their development--will assist scientisis in their understanding of embryonic development and provide information to help develop new therapies for congenital diseases.