| − | A '''hermaphrodite''' is an animal or plant having both male and female [[reproductive organs]]. Often, one or both sets of organs are non-functional, and hermaphroditism is considered a [[birth defect]], which can be caused by abuses of [[alcohol]] or [[drugs]] during [[pregnancy]]. | + | A '''hermaphrodite''' is an animal or plant having both male and female [[reproductive organs]]. Often, one or both sets of organs are non-functional, and hermaphroditism is considered a [[birth defect]], which can be caused by abuses of [[alcohol]] or [[drugs]] during [[pregnancy]]. The abnormality in humans occurs at exceedingly rare interval; the individuals in question are generally not able to reproduce through [[sexual intercourse]]. |
| | + | [[Sigmund Freud]] held that all people were hermaphrodites while in the [[womb]], and that this stage affected human [[psychology]] permanently. This view is contradicted by modern medical understanding of the process, however, where [[ultrasound]]s clearly indicate just one sex of the [[fetus]]. |