Sarah M. Creighton
In contemporary management of the infant with ambiguous genitalia assigned to a female gender surgery plays a central role. Once the infant is assigned to a female sex of rearing, feminising genital surgery almost always follows in an attempt to restore normality. This management is now being challenged by adult patients and other medical …
George Androutsos
Since antiquity hermaphrodites have fascinated the mind and excited the imagination. In this paper, such subjects are discussed as legends about the nativity of Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the social status of these bisexual beings, and their fate in Greek-Roman antiquity…
Anastasia K. Armeni, Danai Georgakopoulou, Georgios K. Markantes, Konstantina Barouti, Leonidas Liarakos, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Neoklis A. Georgopoulos
In Ancient Greece, up to the Classical era, hermaphrodites were regarded as “monstrous” beings, messengers of evil or a sign of divine anger. They were consequently socially marginalized, being treated cruelly or even put to death …