t is very possible and in fact probably more so that one thinks. Though rarelypublicized, there are people in this world that are physically indistinguishable as males orfemales. Sally Jesse Raphael recently had one of these androgynous hu man beings on herpopular morning talk show. This person, known as Toby, is neither male nor female andprefers to live life in the androgynous state. Toby is the only known human being in theworld like this. Medically feasible, yes; but is the androgy nous person socially acceptablein our everyday lifestyle? Since Toby was born, Toby hasnt been able to live a normallife. Throughout childhood, Toby was constantly pressured to make a decision to eitherbecome a full fledged male or female. Doctors, teachers, friends and family all thought thatToby would be much happier if Toby could be classified as either a man or a woman. ButToby didnt think so. Toby made a decision to stay androgynous and it has caused somevery interesting results. Everyw here Toby goes identity comes into question. Is Tobymale or female? Toby is neither. But thats not possible. Yet it is. Think about what youdo everyday and how much of it relies on gender and then think about Toby. What publicrestroom do you go in? What kind of clothes do you wear? What store do you buy themin? What colors do you buy? What letter is after the word sex on your drivers license?How does Toby answer these questions? Thats not the point. The point is why doesToby have to a nswer these questions? Because this is what we have determined to besocially correct. There are two sexes, male and female and you must be one or the other.How can there be an in between? Such a person should have no place in our culturallybiased s ociety.FEMALEEXPLOITATION As I briefly mentioned earlier, advertisersutilize female images to sell products. Society associates beauty with the female and weare more inclined to pay attention to a beautiful woman presented to us on a screen or...
