I have been reading all the posts involving a rather wide range of ideas intermixed and as I try and sift through them in my own mind, I have also been trying to fully understand what is agreed upon and what is not.  I have a few curiosity questions that I would like to get the gist on where we all stand.   Could be a bad idea but I would love to see a summary of the ideas because I am getting confused as to not only what people on here are saying but what the medical profession is saying to the public and why?  The idea that our children are being used to boost numbers triggered me to post because, although I don't know whether that is true or not, if it is I want to know the whole story and how to keep our children from being used in any manner by any source.  However, first I would like to know if we consider it being used at all based on the idea of what we believe this condition to be in regards to sex and gender.  I hope I have phrased the questions so that they don't offend anyone in themselves and if I was not successful in that goal, please accept my apology.

 

 

1. Is CAH an intersex condition?
2. Are SWCAH girls born with ambiguous genitals intersexed?
3. Are CAH children born with XX or XY soley?
4. Does being born with CAH as an  XX or XY specifically make a child born a girl or boy?
5. Does being born with CAH as an XX or XY specifically matter in what a child might ID themselves as later on in life?
6. Are children born without CAH that are XX or XY considered girl or boy?
7. Might a child who is born without CAH who is XX or XY identify themselves differently later on in life?
8. Is the idea of being born androgynous until a person decides themselves acceptable?
9. Should we have no gender specification at all?
10. Does everyone mostly define themselves as male or female no matter their sexual preference?
11. Would you have to define yourself as one sex or the other to be able to define that you have a preference?
12. Is being born androgynous (without a sex specification) something that is a goal for society overall? 
13. Are both the clitorectomy and the clitoral reduction both considered mutilation?
14. Are those taking Dex early in pregnancy as eager to have their daughter be born as "normal" as possible as those who elect to have surgery?
15. Has taking Dex while pregnant been proven yet to not cause intellectual or physical problems later on in life?
16. Have the clitoral surgeries performed in the last 10 years been proven to cause intellectual or physical problems later in life?
17.  Please put in order of importance:
1. Newborn screening
2. Defining intersex
3. Genital Surgery
4. Treatment & Research
5. Insurance/SSI issues
6. A Cure
7. Loss of Sensitivity/Orgasms
8. Childhood/Adulthood Acceptance by peers
9. Homosexuality
10. Compliance

Thanks,

 

RebeccaM

 

 

 

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