Check One: Male, Female...Other?

If you've ever typed a celebrity's name into Google, you can bet some ridiculous story about them will pop up. It is your choice whether you believe what you read or not. But one rumor that almost everyone has heard before is the rumor that Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite. Though Lady Gaga puts herself in the spotlight freely, why do people assume because she is a celebrity, they have the right to know EVERYTHING about her? Right down to the kind of junk she carries around in her diamond encrusted panties? This is a question I cannot answer. But this got me thinking, how common is it to be a hermaphrodite? First off, what's a hermaphrodite? Dictionary.com defines a hermaphrodite as an organism having both male and female reproductive organs. So basically a hermaphrodite is nor male, nor female. So what gender are they? Well they are transgender; they are another kind of gender. But how could this be? There are only two types of genders. Well my dear reader that is where your poor media brainwashed mind is wrong. See media controls a large portion of our lives. In media, we are only shown two genders from the time we are very small, male and female. You are never shown a hermaphrodite character on your favorite cartoon or reality show. Hermaphrodites have a tough time in life, and so do they're parents. See when a family has a hermaphrodite, they are strongly encouraged to get their child surgically changed into a desired gender. This gets tricky because then what if the family decides to make them a female but their hormones make them more male? And when you fill out papers and you have to check off your gender, what do you check? These are some of the many questions hermaphrodites have to face that many people don't even think about.  So now you're thinking, how many hermaphrodites do I know? Well, about 2% of all the babies born in the world each year are hermaphrodites. So how does this relate to the people I know? let me put it in numbers you can understand. Think about how many red headed people you know. There's probably one in a class you take, you may work with one, or heck maybe you are one! Well, research says the number of red headed people you know is very close to the number of hermaphrodites you know. You see, you live in a world with more than two genders. Society needs to break out of media's grasp and realize that things are not always what they seem.