Realistic Hermaphroditism.

[SEVERUSMAX]

I've ventured into my first ever Hermaphrodite/Intersex story, called The Real Thing. Will post it soon to Lit, I think. But I would like to comment that I have noted certain things that I'm trying to avoid. Mistakes re herm stuff.


1. Large cocks. Really? Does it follow that just because she has both kinds of parts that both must be porn star quality?
2. Balls. Maybe some hermaphrodites have them, but the pics I've seen show a dick and a pussy, but no balls. Makes particularly good sense when the herm is overwhelmingly female, but just happens to have a cock instead of a clit. Testes would also mean testosterone, after all. Am I missing something here?
3. Fertility in both senses at the same time. This goes along with the mistaken belief that they're necessarily equally male and female. Most of the time, from what I can tell, they're one or the other. Though there are exceptions, such as the herm in the Philippines classified as male who got pregnant about twenty years or so ago. I'm trying to avoid this as cliche, if nothing else.

This might take some of the stroke value away, but it also adds some variety and realism, I think, in that the herm is not a perfect fit to all of the fantasies. She is, I hope, a three-dimensional woman who happens to pack a penis as well as a vagina. I also made her short and plump, for reasons known only to me.

Just my random thoughts on this issue. Others are free to write as they please, but for now, these are my leanings on these matters. I only hope that my first foray goes well.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Testes would also mean testosterone, after all. Am I missing something here?

Women have testosterone too. Men have higher levels, but the idea that testosterone = Man Essence is a massive oversimplification.

 

[lance gt]

I wrote a Herm into one of my lesbian stories, the final installment of the Susan funds... series. Like you, I researched Hermaphrodites and came up with the same conclusions. Some were well-hung, but had erectile problems, some had small ineffectual penises that were no longer than a couple inches, while others were fully functioning in both sexual parts.

I received many responses to throwing that in the story. I had alluded to it as a desire for Susan and played it out finally in the last chapter. It was hard for some of the lesbians to accept the character, but I portrayed her as a strong woman, who identified with herself as a woman, first and foremost. That made her more acceptable to them.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Women have testosterone too. Men have higher levels, but the idea that testosterone = Man Essence is a massive oversimplification.

Yes, I know that women have testosterone. Yes, I know that it comes from other sources in addition to the testicles, but they produce quite a bit of it. That's all I meant. Just to clarify. I did NOT mean that it is solely a product of the testes.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

I wrote a Herm into one of my lesbian stories, the final installment of the Susan funds... series. Like you, I researched Hermaphrodites and came up with the same conclusions. Some were well-hung, but had erectile problems, some had small ineffectual penises that were no longer than a couple inches, while others were fully functioning in both sexual parts.

I received many responses to throwing that in the story. I had alluded to it as a desire for Susan and played it out finally in the last chapter. It was hard for some of the lesbians to accept the character, but I portrayed her as a strong woman, who identified with herself as a woman, first and foremost. That made her more acceptable to them.

That's a sensible approach. It might still be a squick for some lesbians, but it probably overrode their feeling that you're actually making the characters bi. I took the same attitude that a hermaphrodite with predominantly female characteristics, parts, etc. who happens to have a penis is still basically a woman who coincidentally has a penis.