Michael Phelps sex scandal: Troubled Olympians girlfriend was born a man!

Radar Online ^ | 11/19/14

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

[PfromHoGro]

Cue Crocodile Dundee

“That's a bloke dressed up as a Sheila!”

[Scoutmaster]

The possibilities are myriad. "Intersex" can refer to one or more or all of (a) genetics that are not XX or XY: (b) sex hormones that are not what one would expect; (c) internal sexual bits that don't correspond with external bits; (d) ambiguous/both types of external bits; and (d) ovaries or testicles that aren't typically male or female.

The actual genetic composition of Phelps' hook-up probably isn't XX or XY. In mosaic individuals, the genetic makeup differs among cells.

[Svartalfiar]

A small percentage of babies are born with both sets of organs (or some hyrbid). It don’t see any moral issue or scandal with allowing those individuals to pick one of the two genders and live our their life that way.

Even a hermaphrodite still has a certain set of chromosomes. They're still specifically male or female despite any physical abnormalities.

[Enlightened1]

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s a HARD 41.

[Caipirabob]

He’s a dumb guy, but still young enough to pull his head out of his tail and salvage his life.

[fwdude]

... "I also have a uterus and no ovaries,” she explains.

Explains nothing. There is no way to verify the medical records and condition of such people. Every mutilated cross-dresser claims to "have a uterus" which is just a delusion. They were not born with it.

[fwdude]

Let me see its hands. You can almost always tell by the hands.

[Yossarian]

Even a hermaphrodite still has a certain set of chromosomes. They're still specifically male or female despite any physical abnormalities.

The problem happens when physical and mental development happens in the developing body in a way that defies the sexual chromosome configuration a person has. This is a reason why there are some very feminine women - who never identified or were even recognized as anything else, all growing up - that just happen to have "XY" chromosome pairs.

To those women - and they are women - I feel very sorry, as they can't have kids, and if the information about their chromosome configuration becomes public, can lead to ignorant bashing of themselves and their boyfriends / husbands / adopted children.

(Yes, this is a reply to a year-old thread. I was looking up Michael Phelps, and came across this thread....)