Before I started reading this, I only thought that there were two sexes and that everybody had to fit into one of the two categories. You're either male or your female. I never really thought that we needed anymore and we couldn't possible have any less, so I never thought about it.
My best friend got pregnant right out of high school and we would often discuss what we thought the sex of the baby would be, so during a lunch date I thought I'd ask my boyfriends opinion. Our conversation went something along the lines of this:
"So, Bryan, let's take bets on the sex of Laurens baby. I think it's going to be a boy. What do you think?"
"I think it's going to be a hermaphrodite. What do I get if I win?"
I thought his answer was ridiculous. Babies are girls or boys. Blue or pink.
It wasn't until I read this article that it really made me think. There doesn't have to be just two sexes. There are so many different types of people in the world, we can't all fit into only two categories. I think it would be sensible to open the world to different possibilities and open arms to include everyone. Opening the world to numerous sexes will eventually lead us closer to equality, maybe not fully but creating more than one will be a giant step in the right direction.
( We both lost the bet. Mikayla Paige was born on November 11, 2008.)
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