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19thC, British Museum, Sculpture; Fenton Roger, Hermaphrodite feeding a bird


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19thC, British Museum, Sculpture; Fenton Roger, Hermaphrodite feeding a bird
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Historically, the term hermaphrodite was used to describe people born with sex characteristics which do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies. The word intersex has come into preferred usage for humans, since the word hermaphrodite is now considered to be stigmatizing as well as clinically problematic. The term is repeated in this record in its original historical context.
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