EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

mothertrucker42 · Veteran Member

German children can now be third sex

Partysquid · Senior Member

What will the name of the gender be? Just "it"?

Lia_Love522 · Senior Member

That's interesting but it also draws unnecessary attention to the child, I mean it must suck to know that you're just gender 'X'...makes them sound like some sort of experiment...

jenniferleonard · Veteran Member

I think that the parents should register the baby as a girl or a boy and let the child decide later in life what he wants to do.

Kristen Lindner · Veteran Member

My personal opinion is that this is really odd. And I feel like later on in life it will just be a lot more work for the child to deal with.

Russizzle · Veteran Member

I wonder if the people who are of the third sex would even want to be considered a third sex (due to growing up in today's society)

PostmanPat · Veteran Member

I don't know, I'd feel kinda offended if I was just "X" because my parents thought I might want to be a girl. The kid should decide what they want to be later in life, not the parents.

Dane Ransom · Veteran Member

This is a little odd, I dont think "X" is the best name for the third choice of sex

Zoe Kline-Koenig · Senior Member

I think this is a step in the right direction. Often times babies who are born with characteristics of both sexes are forced to undergo surgeries to "correct" them.After these surgeries are through, the child may end up feeling like the opposite gender of what they were assigned. I think a child should be aloud to grow up and make the decision for themselves.

DyllanS · Senior Member

why change history now, and influence all these new ideas. It's been the same way for how long? and now it just "HAS" to be changed?

kevinNguyen · Veteran Member

kids being labled as a third gender will draw to much negative attention and cause bullying to be more prevalent insociety in my opinion

Davin Shinedling · Veteran Member

I think its nice Germany is doing this but wouldn't that put the person at risk of being made fun of because they are letting others know that they are neither male or female?

Zoe Kline-Koenig · Senior Member

DyllanS wrote:
why change history now, and influence all these new ideas. It's been the same way for how long? and now it just "HAS" to be changed?

I hope this is satirical....

cjfreddi · Veteran Member

I think that this is only going to make those kids feel more different and isolated and will have a negative impact on their lives in the long run.

damaris_cgomez · Veteran Member

even though it could attract negative attention, lots of people want this option for themselves and children. yeah, we might not see it that way because we aren't really exposed to those things but they have the right to identify themselves as something other than boy or girl.

Olga · Veteran Member

I think that's very strange for a person to not be a "male" or 'female" at all. Is that physically possible? I mean, there is surgery for people who want to change their gender, but it must be impossible for a person to be of a gender "X".

PostmanPat · Veteran Member

Olga wrote:
I think that's very strange for a person to not be a "male" or 'female" at all. Is that physically possible? I mean, there is surgery for people who want to change their gender, but it must be impossible for a person to be of a gender "X".

It's very rare for a person to be a female with a male reproductive system (they cant reproduce and they don't live very long), but even then they're technically female. "X" just seems like someone who's confused.

Teddy Bear · Veteran Member

hmmmmm i don't really know what to think of this...

Lia_Love522 · Senior Member

This idea still really bothers me, I mean you're essentially putting on a legal document that they're not normal and like an alien...that's horrible and inhumane

Zoe Kline-Koenig · Senior Member

PostmanPat wrote:
Olga wrote:
I think that's very strange for a person to not be a "male" or 'female" at all. Is that physically possible? I mean, there is surgery for people who want to change their gender, but it must be impossible for a person to be of a gender "X".
It's very rare for a person to be a female with a male reproductive system (they cant reproduce and they don't live very long), but even then they're technically female. "X" just seems like someone who's confused.

I feel like both of these responses are being close minded about this subject. A person can be born with both sets of genetalia and therefore be neither female nor male. This gender X allows for some gray area between the two genders. It is possible for a person to be both. Later in life, they may identify with one gender more than the other and then they can change their gender indetification if they wish.

BrianCuban · Veteran Member

jenniferleonard wrote:
I think that the parents should register the baby as a girl or a boy and let the child decide later in life what he wants to do.

I feel as though this will be the best option, not to put a label on the child until they are older and can decide the label for themselves

Mary Sanchez · Veteran Member

i agree with jennifer that they should let the child decide later in life. it wouldn't be fair to force this label on them because maybe they don't want to be singled out and have people identify them as a third gender