Baradiel said:
Snowy Rainbow said:
Baradiel said:
Snowy Rainbow said:
...and both genitals. So... yeah, I'm really damn weird XD
Hermaphrodites should inherit the earth. The pinnacle of evolution, really. Starfish do pretty well, and they aren't ever fully Herms.
Hermaphrodites are so extremely rare and are almost 100% of the time given surgery upon birth to "correct" the issue.
I won't even try to say that is wrong or to question the parent's choice. I've never been in that situation and I find it extremely understandable to want your baby to be normal and have the best chance at fitting in to society and feeling comfortable. But I do find it sad that gender roles and sexes are so important to us that this course of action is the "obvious" course of action.
I know exactly what you mean. Hermaphrodites would just be "too weird" to survive in society. They'd end up on freakshows and such.
Evolution is fine and dandy until the current batch decide they're the best. Then, anything different is considered "wrong".
Every batch thinks it's the best. Survival depends on individuals promoting their own genes. (Humans do this in a roundabout way by promoting the genes of their extended family, and occasionally of a larger group of people)
Also, it took a whole pile of evolutionary developments to give us the capacity to reason, morally and otherwise. Injustices probably arose nigh simultaneously with the ability to judge them as injustices...
I think what I'm trying to say is that the same capacity for thought that allows someone to persecute someone else for no good reason allows you, and other good people, to condemn that persecution.