Talk:Stevonnie/@comment-26018925-20150118113945/@comment-28584561-20150221064617

A little understanding would be nice. Hermaphrodite is still applicable to many organisms but it is no longer applicable to humans because it is impossible for a normal human, without the aid of transplants, to have both fully functioning genetalia. That is what a hermaphrodite is, an organism who has both fully functioning male and female reproductive organs. It goes down to greek mythology, "Hermaphroditus", the two-sexed offspring of Hermes and Aphrodite.

You shouldn't be offended by a label on a character whose gender isn't even known. We don't know if Stevonnie's an intersex, hermaphrodite, male, or female. We are only left to assume by the creators. If you get offended by other people's opinions then. . . I don't know what to say to you. The word "Hermaphrodite", in its essence, isn't even offensive, it's just that YOU people are quick to judge when the word is spoken, when it wasn't even pointed towards humans.

People are putting gender labels on Stevonnie because people want to familiarize with them. Using hermaphrodite on a human is no longer applicable, as stated above, but considering a girl who has a fully functioning female genetalia and a half-human whom pressumably has fully functioning male genetalia, fusing, then the term "hermaphrodite" isn't that far off.

Considering Stevonnie's a fictional character, whose gender is meant to be ambigous by the creators, and unless they actually give a definitive gender to Stevonnie, then everyone can assume all they want, it's not hurting Stevonnie, so it shouldn't hurt you.

Here let me fix one of your sentences:

"People should stop assigning Stevonnie a gender based on their presentation. People should stop associating "hermaphrodite" to humans. People should stop equating "transgender" with "intersex."