Sun and moon, black and white, love versus hate, what a binary world we live in. Opposite each other there is contrast, opposing forces that need each other so much, and yet so far apart. In Stanley Kubrick's film "Full Metal Jacket", Joker, after some hesitation, explains to the Colonel that he wears his peace button as well as the words "Born to Kill" on the headband of his helmet as a symbol of the duality of the man. In Book IV of Metamorphoses, Ovid writes that Salmacis imposes himself on Hermaphrodite and asks the gods to unite them into a single being. I want to note here that the Greeks used deities to explain the unknown and the things they feared. I believe that our society is not much better, we play God to change the mysteries that we find unacceptable. Our society demands that we be one or the other, but the human condition is twofold. We are so attached to the dichotomy; we must separate and come together in society. Then something comes along that cannot be categorized and we must act quickly to place it in an acceptable category. Ambiguity is unacceptable in a society where we must conform to its binary rules. How does this attitude affect those born into Western society as intersex? Research suggests that intersex children should undergo surgical transformation procedures to prevent physiological and psychological disturbances during development. This issue has been raised in many forums and debated at international conferences and moratoriums. We are puritanical and God-fearing. In the book “Intersex,” author Harper (2007) quotes professor and social activist Kathy Dreger who wrote “in terms of sex, we have a lot in common with the Victorians.” His words resonate throughout the gender-based gender disorder community...... middle of paper ...... are all somewhat girly for at least the first six weeks of our existence. Plus, we all have gonads, so list one more for our female counterparts. Women are born with an XX karyotype and men with an XY karyotype. The genotype we are born with determines whether the gonad develops into testes or ovaries. In cases of CAIS, although physically female, patients are born with an XY karyotype, there is a failure of development of the external male genitalia. due to the body's inability to process the hormones that cause the transition to the male state. In this case the internal gonadal system is male (testicles) rather than female (ovaries) and until puberty, without other evidence, it can go unnoticed. A diagnosis during puberty is usually initiated by concerns due to lack of menstruation, delayed growth of the female breast, or typical male facial hair...