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Origin of word
[[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]].
[[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]].
The word 'hermaphrodite' comes from the Greek mythological god Hermaphroditus whose own name was derived from his (in Greek mythology Hermaphroditus was originally born male but was then later cursed into a combined male/female form) parents, [[Hermes]] and [[Aphrodite]].
==Human Hermaphrodites==
==Human Hermaphrodites==