Susannah Temko : What it means to be intersex — and how the false sex binary harms us all

 Susannah Temko·TEDxLondon

What it means to be intersex- and how the false sex binary harms us all

Summary

What is “normal”？People continue to say that women should be married, give birth, and especially have a boy. People say that normally, women do that. However, humanity is really complicated. We have to accept the complexity of humanity. There are many people who aren’t married, cannot be married, don’t have children, and cannot have children. We are the same human, we are equal and we have the same rights.

Intersex means that organisms poss both male and female sexual characteristics biologically. Intersex people are outside the traditional definitions of female and male and we are normal, though, they are harmed by people, shame, prejudice, and even doctors. It’s thought that it makes up to 1.7 percent of the population. They are not neutral, they are not broken, they don’t have anything that has to be fixed. Like the color of our eyes or the size of our feet, it rarely affects their health materially.

Protect intersex people, and don’t reinforce one form. The speaker loves her body and does not judge the bodies of others. All people deserve to gain equality and be loved.