Abstract
THE intersex individual has always been a problem to himself and to his social group. Dr. Hugh H. Young's fascinating monograph (8) covering all angles of the problem is a standard reference on the subject. Hermaphrodites are classed as pseudohermaphrodites (male or female) and true hermaphrodites (those who possess functional gonads of both sexes). We are here concerned with a male pseudohermaphrodite, that is, an individual who possesses male gonads, but whose external genitalia and other secondary sex characteristics are either of a female or of a mixed male and female pattern. Such individuals are usually brought up as girls because of the absence of penile and scrotal development at birth. At puberty partial penile or scrotal development may occur and puzzle the person thus. afflicted. The psychological pattern of these patients may be either male or female; the majority of male pseudohermaphrodites reported in the literature had female psychological patterns and insisted on the removal of the extern...
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