Intersexuality can be understood as people who were born with both male and female organs. “Queer Cut Bodies” explains that intersexed bodies are actually “clear cut bodies”, because these medico cultures have literally “cut” these bodies in order to make them “fit” in the society of Western culture. Holmes’ main argument is that hermaphrodites should not be considered as “abnormal beings”. “bodies [that] are neither male nor female make them clearly intersexed rather than confused or incomprehensible.” However, throughout the article, (s)he repetitively shows us that this is exactly how society perceives them to be.
His/her first argument was that the discovery of hormones created the assumption of intersexed bodies as “irregular”. “Hormones
Yet however hard the surgeons may have tried, intersexuals insisted that even though they tried hard “the surgeons could not enforce their measures over time because who and what we [intersexuals] are becoming is more complex than what we look like.” Most children are not told of their intersexuality and it is kept secret from them all their lives. In life you are given the freedom of choice, whether it is what your favourite colour is or who your favourite singer is. People should be able to choose who they want to be, why deny them this freedom?
His/her final point was that surgery creates a sexual abnormality in a dominant heterosexual society. It provided a sense of relief to the prevailing culture surrounding hermaphrodites. The supremacy of this culture has depended upon these “corrective measures” as a form of liberation. They th
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