Hi All--
Michael Robison wrote:
>
> Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
>
> "Hermaphrodite" is not a very accurate term,
either;
> it implies that the person has full, functioning
male
> and female genitalia. That is almost never the
case;
> usually, the person will exhibit a complex
of
> characteristics, often with one set of traits
mostly
> dominant. "Intersexed" is the preferred term;
it
> doesn't have the baggage other terms do.
>
> ***************
> Gary Jenning's RAPTOR features a
hermaphrodite
> protagonist. A fine hardboiled epic of the
Gothic
> conquest of Rome.
>
I assume that Jennings uses the term "hermaphrodite" himself
and in the book, and writes (to judge from the amazon
reviews) Thorn as a person with full, functioning male and
female genitalia. This just isn't medically very likely, but
what can one expect from a science fiction potboiler?
Metta, Ivan
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