Hermaphrodite: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''Oh you sexy hermaphrodite lady man ladies''

''With your sexy lady bits and your sexy man bits too''

 

For most fictional purposes a hermaphrodite is an individual that's both male and female; specifically, one that has both male and female genitals. Biologists don't use the word that way, but we are talking about storytelling here, not biology. In real life, however, applying the term to a human is not only inaccurate, but likely stigmatizing and offensive. While sexually ambiguous humans ''do'' exist, [http://www.isna.org/faq/hermaphrodite a true human hermaphrodite has yet to be found, so the term you're probably looking for is "intersex"].

 

See also [[Fetish Fuel]], [[Gender Bender]], [[Wrong Genetic Sex]], and [[No Biological Sex]]. If said character is highly sought after, see [[Everybody Wants the Hermaphrodite]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* {{spoiler|Apos, the [[Big Bad]]}} of ''[[Mnemosyne]]'' is intersex, which in that universe is very handy as it gives him/her Immortality (a female only ability) as well as the powers of an Angel (male only ability) upon ingesting a Time Spore. Though it does come with [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|Great Insanity]] and an unnatural pleasure from prolonged torture of his/her victims.