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Herms/Merms/Ferms - Have you ever thought about shaving your head - all off?
by pirata 15 Replies latest jw friends
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Sam Whiskey
What's a Herms/Merms/Ferms
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VampireDCLXV
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Sam Whiskey
LOL...I thought it was funny too. Still...nobody's answered yet. Funny hermmermferms.....tricks are not just for you.
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pirata
For those who don't know what herms, merms, or ferms are (Taken from http://songweaver.com/gender/whatru.html):
Between 3 million and 10 million Americans are neither male nor female at birth. Additionally, as adults they may be genetically of the opposite gender from that which they and their parents believe them to be.
The medical term for persons of ambiguous gender is "intersexual." Estimates of the numbers of persons who may be born intersexual ranges from 1 percent to 4 percent of all children born today, according to Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling of the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University.
One cause of intersexuality seems to be the posession of an abnormal number of chromosomes only one or more than two. A second cause stems from the fact that all humans, no matter what their chromosomal makeup, have the biological capacity to develop either male or female genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics while in the womb. Developmentally, some babies are born with male or female chromosomal makeup and with both male and female genitalia, or with some of the genitalia of the opposite chromosomal sex.
Dr. Fausto-Sterling points out that there is a smooth continuum between 100 percent biologically male and 100 percent biologically female with many possibilities in between. She calls those with both testes and ovaries "herms." Those with testes and some female genitalia but no ovaries are "merms." Those with ovaries and some male genitalia but no testes are "ferms." This gives the possibility of five rough biological groupings: male, merm, herm, ferm and female.
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VampireDCLXV
I knew that already.
Maybe there ARE a few of them on this board. There's at least a few folks here whom you can't identify as either male or female from ANY of their posts. That freaks me out too.
V665
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Sam Whiskey
Thank for sharing Pirata, I did not know this....
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Lady Lee
are you finished making fun of my post?
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pirata
Hi Lady Lee. No offense was intended, but I apologise if it gave the impression of making fun. The wording of your your oiginal post made me think of something funny which inspired me to do a parody thread. I I enjoy reading your posts here and your series on freeminds.