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- Did you know that almost 150 million people worldwide are born intersex -- with biology that doesn't fit the standard definition of male or female? (That's as many as the population of Russia.) At age 10, Emily Quinn found out she was intersex, and in this wise, funny talk, she shares eye-opening lessons from a life spent navigating society's thoughtless expectations, doctors who demanded she get unnecessary surgery -- and advocating for herself and the incredible variety that humans come in. (Contains mature content)
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"We aren't new or rare, we are just invisible"
"We aren't problems that need to be fixed"
This.
@Swae Ocean You haven't stated, why. Just so YOU can feel better about yourself?
@Swae Ocean Uh, she's not a different species. Go back to school, you gave yourself away.
@Swae Ocean
Sources, please?
This is also a humanitarian issue.
These individuals are still human.
Are you suggesting to deny them a life in dignity?
@Swae Ocean
All what?
Okay, fine.
You pointed out what problems many of these genetic anomalies incur, and sounded as if the medical support they receive would be a bad thing, as it allows them to procreate and spread the problem.
While I appreciate the facts you pointed out to further understanding of the situation (and not to post hoc justify something, I presume), what you are saying is not as clear as you'd like.
@Swae Ocean
I think it is not to teach that these anomalies are normal but that they happen, and that they are nothing to be ashamed for.
This talk also calls into question, whether we really need the aspect of who matches whom to procreate in everyday conversation.
Sure, 2% may be a fringe phenomenon, but would it not have some advantages to be able to only bring this up, when you want?
But otherwise fair enough.
We just have to see how this pans out over generations.
Short sight as a species seems to be a big problem with that.
How do you get from someone having a genetic anomaly to them not being human?
One of the greatest things about TED is that when you look through the comments you actually find more ideas, costructive criticism, positive discussions. It shows how comments should always be used, and adds a lot to the video itself.
Agreed , normally on any other channel you'd find those looking for a reaction by commenting hate or just hating on the person for the hell of it
Occasionally, many top comments one finds are of the toxic and unhelpful kind. TH-cam comments section is the last place I want to spend my day in. I'd rather talk to a real person face to face. The advantage of TH-cam though is you can just ignore the toxic people for the most part. I'm just about to take a wine and cheese break myself from all the nonsense TH-cam drama. Will resume later, but hopefully not too soon.
@Thunder Cat I agree. There is no constructive criticism here. I would say she meantions a lot of biological truths that she uses to prove a biological lie. But if we try to argue aganst the overall point of this talk we get shut out.
@@lee1davis1 What biological lie are you talking about? I would say it is a fact that this many people can be defined as intersex because of their genitalia, chromosomes and hormones.
Except the 2.5k dislikes that are probably Joe Rogan fans.
Hard to go public about your own body and how this relates to intersex. A very brave speech.
They don't want to offend hermaphrodites.
@@wesmcinerny4524 That is an outdated term. The updated term is intersex.
This was different from what I expected. I have known about intersex people for most of my life, but this was educational, especially about unnecessary operations.
I didn't know about those operations, either. Medical students need their professors to spend a bit more time on the "first, do no harm" part.
@johnmburt1960 I agree 100%.
Intersex conditions aren't separate sexes.
@@blacktigerpaw1 pardon?🤔
@@politereminder6284 *Intersex conditions aren’t separate sexes.*
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk!
I really enjoy it!
Thanks for the brave and overall great talk!
Thank you 🙏🏻
You are amazing!
Thank you for doing this TED talk!
No, honestly, thank you, Emily! I understand that this was a difficult and, for some reason, controversial topic to discuss, even though talking about other LGBTQIA+ rights isn't. You are a beautiful well spoken individual addressing an issue that is important to every society and, eve, every species on this planet (even though most of the human population of earth feel like it isn't because it isn't happening to them). I give you a standing ovation and I am sharing this with everyone I know. Well done.
she just got the best deal no acne no body hair and no menstruation, also this takes a lot of balls
Well on the other hand she can't have children, but otherwise yes it's pretty cool actually
Omg, so true! 😭
@@LisaNarozhnykh neither can I, but I got hairy. Eww..
That would be great, those are 3 things I can't stand but still have to deal with. I don't wanna have children, so that would also be great, not worrying about that.
Thank you so much, wonderful person!
Ive always kind of confused of intersex, nobody talks about it, ppl just shrugs. Simple but eye opening talk!
@Glyn number 1 the article that you have listed is from Wiki which is an unreliable resource number 2 just because it's rare doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve talking or awareness
Yes, in health class they said that intersex people were born a male or female and their genitalia is just weirdly sized or shaped, I kind of knew it was wrong because I know more than the average 13 year old, but it was still messed up that they didn’t actually know stuff about that but were teaching it as the only type of intersex
@@anonymouschange287 my health class didn't even talk about that. I didn't know until i stumble upon the word in the internet.
It's still not all that special. Along the lines of people bickering about prevalence, "intersex" is a catch-all for a variety of conditions that affect sexual differentiation. That 2% statistic is very misleading as it encompasses every condition that results in intersex and every type of presentation therein.
@@custos3249 yeah i kno they're just ppl, but at least now I understand intersex a lil bit better.
"the way we think about .... is wrong"
TED talk in a nutshell
I mean, that's basically the entire history of learning. We come up with a wrong explanation for some observed phenomena, then we study it more, improve our knowledge, and come up with a better wrong explanation. We went from Classical physics to Newtonian physics to Relativistic physics and now we're in Quantum Mechanics which is also wrong, but it's the best wrong we've come up with so far. And in another however many years, we'll have a new wrong physics model that's even better than QM.
@@omargoodman2999 true
No, wrong. The examples given are still right, they just don't explain everything. Science just doesn't throw what it has proven trough the window. it enriches it.@@ang-hell
@johnmburt1960 Define "true." The word "useful" would be more accurate. Basically, if you've heard of this before: all models are wrong, but some are useful.
It's interesting /telling how society (and the medical profession at times) can tell a person like Emily that she needs certain medical procedures, yet she doesn't, while discouraging trans people from pursuing the surgeries that they desire. Even more telling is the tendency to perform some of these needless surgeries on infants without their consent.
same thought struck me
??
trans people aren't intersex
FEMININE MEN NEED ACCEPTANCE NOT CONVERSION
This was an educational and endearing watch. I am enlightened a little on an aspect of humanity I was totally unware of.
This is one of the most endearing talks I've seen. I cannot understand why people would shame someone in regards to this. Thank you for sharing your video.
Lots of people (I'm talking tens of millions in America alone) will make fun of anyone who is different, in order to feel better about themselves.
The medical community has a lot of catching up to do.
@@cattiefogelsong6399 Catching up with who?
I am sure there are people who would make fun of this woman. However, not sure what you are referring to as I can't see any sarcastic comments here...
@@alcoholandfun243 I think that they're referring to the fact that some doctors take the approach of trying to conform an intersex person into female or male through unnecessary surgeries
Awesome video. When I saw the talk a few weeks ago on Ted Talks, i shared it with my friends and colleagues to easier explain that I have complete androgen Insensitivity syndrome (XY) . I wasnt diagnosed til I was 21 and I am now 37, and still struggle to come to terms with parts of it. But this video certainly gets people thinking and I applaud you for it
Did u follow your doctors' advice? How are you doing now?
So you have the same condition as the speaker?
Same condition as the speaker yes
❤️❤️❤️❤️
In some way you’re actually more woman than "normal" women, since "normal" women have "masculine" hormones and their bodies react to those.
I enjoyed your talk a lot! You are one of the lucky ones, who was allowed to grow up as yourself. I am way older than you, nobody had any idea what intersex was, when I was born. Th did not like what they saw when they looked at my genitals, and decided to make them "male". I grew up as a boy, everything was fine, until puberty hit, I did not develop into a guy, but stayed pretty female. Nobody knew why, I was just considered to be different. I live my "male" life until it as discovered that i was more female than male. I transitioned at that time into the female I am today. I am a happy woman now, but I wish i could have been a female person all my life!
Keep up your good work, and help that people can grow up with their own life and not with a life somebody else decided they should have!
Linde, im so glad you are a happy woman now 💖 💖
You will never be a real woman.
I find it odd how the topic of intersex isn't taught in biology or science, currently I'm studying gender (both the biological, societal and neurological approach) in psychology (in Highschool! So exciting!). Not in biology where it would honestly make more sense for the topic to be in but im in a behavioural science class...
But more so, I have friends who are working towards medical degrees and, honestly, I'm so surprised that more of them aren't taking psychology than those that are, because if doctors- doctors with 8 year medical degrees are trying to convince intersex people to have invasive, potentially dangerous surgeries, they are undereducated. I'm 16, I'm not looking towards a degree in medicine or even scientific research and it seems to me that I know more about AIS and CAH than most of the doctors and nurses im friends with.
I really enjoyed this video, I love when people talk about 'hidden' issues and bring them to light, and I love it even more when these issues are talked about by either those who experience/experienced it or who are professionals/professors, it adds a little more authenticity than a teen with no doctorate or experience on a soapbox.
So a few points i have on this are as follows.
Biology in highschool is incredibly limited and kept to basic and common things needed to make further education i.e. uni easier and more understandable. So intersex being rarer and not building block of the large science of biology isnt considered of great importance in the highschool level.
Second point is that those medical degrees again tend to be a general medical degree with different majors and study focuses such as neurology so studying about something like gender theory and psychology doesnt link up as much with people looking to be surgeons. That 8 years is nothing compared to the further 10s of years they will continue to learn on the job and from further research and studies.
One of my housemates is stating his 3rd year of physics and also doing basic biology for the sake of becoming a forensics specialist and he said that specific to what hes learning and his path in uni he hasnt had to learn much about the in depth biology subjects such as sexual organs and gender albeit he has learned basics but not indepth because it was not specific to his course.
Remember that even in med school if those people had to learn 100% of everything about the human body they would be in school for the rest of their lives and we wouldnt have docotrs hence having many doctors specialised in different things.
I wish you the absolute best in life and continue thinking and learning you'll go so far with an open mind which you clearly have the world would be a better place with more people like you.
''doctors trying to convince intersex people to have invasive surgeries''
Sounds terrible. But it depends. No two cases are the same. And in her case (I imagine?) sound like she's functioning (perfectly?) and comfortable, content as a woman. I presume that ''dead organ'' inside you is not a good thing. No matter if it's ''healthy tissue'' it's still foreign object, without a function, which might cause serious troubles one day. Or not? And removal may be a minor procedure?
I am speculating. But i'm pretty sure about one of the reasons - she's refusing operation. She wants to keep her Balls. Because the whole thing is her identity. Thanks to ideology she's subscribing to.
''I find it odd how the topic of intersex isn't taught in biology or science...I'm 16, I'm not looking towards a degree in medicine or even scientific research and it seems to me that I know more about AIS and CAH than most of the doctors and nurses...''
Because humanities are infected with ideology masquerading as academia. Feminism (third wave) women's -gender -intersectionality studies...it's all ideology ! Far-left, authoritarian, illiberal pernicious ideology. (If you disagree your'e not just wrong. You are evil)
It makes 16y.old believe, think...that they ''know'' better then doctors, know more then modern medicine or scientists.
@@Aleksamson a great point here alek
"We're not new, or rare. We're just invisible."
My favorite quote.
It's also not correct. Intersex individuals are rare, even if they aren't a problem.
@@SphincterOfDoom not as rare as you think though. Only 4 of all ~1000 of people I know, know that I'm intersex.
You likely know someone who's intersex in your life and they never tell you, so you'll never know and keep thinking that we're rare.
@@est9949 Things can exist and still be rare. It being salient for you doesn't make it not rare.
Thank you for that education. There is so much I do not know.
Stuart Cant
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
-Plato
🙂
Watches a marxist Ted Talk and thinks he was "educated". YIKES
@@nickc3856 what is Marxist about being intersex
Thank you for speaking out against harmful and unnecessary medical intervention to 'correct' or 'confirm' a person's healthy, normal body in order to conform it to stereotypes.
Stereotypes? You mean basic biology? Male and female components? Lmao we didn't invent these stereotypes, they have always existed.
If we could grow arms on someone born without them, is it wrong to do so because we are "forcing them to fit in with the norm?"
dont all transpeople conform to stereotypes when transitioning though
@@Alianger nope! every trans person's transition is different. some trans women have facial feminization surgery, where their face is altered to look more stereotypically feminine; many don't. some trans men have top surgery to remove their breasts; some don't. dysphoria is a wide spectrum and each individual who experiences it experiences it differently. many trans people feel no need to get certain procedures done and are comfortable with or accept the way their face or their shoulders or other parts of them are.
thataprilgirl but it isn’t normal
She has balls for getting up there and sharing her story with a crowd of strangers
You're terrible, haha! Take my like...
Gabe Kreider-Letterman
You should present your balls :)
Gabe Kreider-Letterman
Or prezent.
I mean,that's her joke but sure
"We aren't problems that need to be fixed. We just live in a society that needs to be enlightened."
One of the best Ted talks I have ever come across.
I didn’t even know so many people were intersex. What strong people!
IKR. 2% of the population sounds small so we treat them as invisible and negligible; until you realize 2% of 340,000,000 million people is still MILLIONS of people. I’m too lazy to do the math but at least 8 million people. That’s bigger than some middle American states.
@@nairabee245 It's more like 0.02% of the population. 15% of all miscarriages are due to "intersex" Turner syndrome females.
Vlad Lu but that means there were never even born. So why would they be counted as a statistic of the percentage of intersex people in the US?
Not a whole lot I can say to this. But that's okay. Sometimes just listening is it's own contribution.
"The more you know the less you fear".This is one of the best Ted Talks I have ever heard.Thank You Emily.I will join You.
How fortunate intersex is to have Emily as a spokes... person. She is poised and matter-of-fact.
Before this, I was unaware of the prevalence of intersex.
Yeah, you were unaware because her number (1.7%) is bullshit.
@@seybertooth9282 What is the number then? Tell me, I looked it up and that's what comes up. I grew up on a farm, and a lot of animals end are born intersex. We have three heifers who are "Freemartins" which means that they are intersex. THREE, OUT OF LIKE, 50 COWS. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more intersex people than estimated!
"Spokeswoman" is also a word.
I can tell you're trying to be inclusive by saying spokesperson (At least I hope that's what that was) but she refers to herself with female pronouns and seems comfortable presenting as a woman so I think it'd be better to refer to her as a spokeswoman. Or at least refer to her as a spokesperson without the "...". You made a mistake but learning is good!
Do you have to be so patronising ? @@misteryA555
I just wish people didn't put us in a box with a label. I am proud of Emily speaking out for us.
One of the best TED talks I have heard. She doesn't shame or insult anyone,she tried to stay neutral and mainly state facts. Truly educational video and scientifically correct. I am truly astonished 😍
Good talk, very informative, I'm not afraid to say I learned something new....glad I clicked on it
What did u learn?
Get it Emily!!! Thanks for being our intersex superhero!!!
He is a mess. So are you.
Who else wanted to give her a hug? Very brave!
Me, not only one but many many hugs.
Him. It's a him. Xy is him. No menstruation, no female anything except man boobs and a vagina. Still male. I'll formed male.
I certainly did, many of them in fact.
@@topaznora2055 She is intersex so dosen't fit in your boxes. Just saying.
@@topaznora2055I guess you are the one who disliked it
No periods, no body hair and no acne. Sigh. Lucky lucky woman. ☹️
Deadass no body hair or acne
Man*
@@subzero4190295 Literally what about HER tells you shes a man?? You saw her in the street and youd be like hey sir? Lmfao okay 🙄🙄
Person*
@@kevinthebunny Transphobia is what tells them. Or at least intersexphobia? Is there a word for that?
I remember reading a book maybe 15 years ago called “Middlesex” which went into great depth of one person’s experience as an intersexed person. I highly recommend it.
thanks for this.
I've have only heard of this from plant cultivation,
i have never thought about it in humans.
thanks for enlightening me.
i feel for you, and other alike.
best regards.
The real secret of hapiness is being humble and realize we know very little. Big respect to you, thanks for this great tslk.
THANK YOU EMILY!! Thank you for having the courage to share about yourself, thank you for becoming informed and for sharing that knowledge, thank you for opening my eyes and my mind. I hope you accomplish all you are working towards. I've shared on Facebook and hope to spread the word. OUR SOCIETY NEEDS THIS KNOWLEDGE!!!
i thought i was well-versed on intersexuality but i didn't know half of this
To be fair half of this was made up...
@@Joe-nh8eq No proof from you obviously.
Very informative and powerful speech. Emily really drove the point of sexual differences home with her statement about shame. Thanks Emily for sharing this with us and bringing healing to people who are struggling.
When will your book be published??
I would LOVE to read more biographies of intersex people. Hopefully she has one coming.
Okay today i learned something new... This was some informative talk ..
SO eye opening Emily!! You’re amazing and I loved listening to your ted talk!!!
Prescient and erudite. Thank you for educating me on something I have little or no knowledge of. Kudos to you and Pidgeon. And, as I aside, I've listened to this but only watched a minute or two of; it helps me to focus on the presentation
A very good talk.
Especially nice that it did not develop into the "weird Biology-class-way of talking about sex", it was just interesting what she had to say - really does not deserve that may dislikes. Shows that many people are not ready to get out of this box
If I'm hearing correctly, the main call is for greater tolerance by society of people that do not fit rigid definitions of biology and for doctors to improve their treatments of them. I think that can be accommodated without even getting to the debate about whether society needs to be overhauled more radically. I think there's calls for "things that need to change" that are incorrectly linked to the valid concerns of intersex people.
Alex Smith oh my god this is the most sensible thing I’ve ever read. Thank you.
Can you be more specific? What is being "incorrectly linked to the valid concerns of intersex people"?
Rigid definitions of biology? You mean doctors distinguishing between male and female. The only two possible genders that are determined BIOLOGICALLY.
I wonder what is there to tolerate when she is physically perfect. She will be treated just like everyone else in every place because nobody even knows who is she underneath her undergarments.
@@FallonLeclerc Did you watch the video? In which she talks about how she and other people aren't biologically male or female?
How brave to do this talk. And how important it is to talk about the importance of not putting people in boxes. 💝🌟✨
It's a shame that so many people feel the need to change their bodies in order to "fit" into society's mold of what is female and what is male. She is right, we all fall on a spectrum. We are very far away from learning to accept people as they are. I'm very happy that I heard this, it helped me understand some of the issues that surround LGBTQ+ people.
If genders wouldn’t exist, so wouldn’t you and I! It’s not a spectrum. LGBTQABCXYZwhatever is the exception not the norm. You all are not helping the cause here. In general, people, no matter the gender, skin colour, ethnicity, religion, nationality, just want to be treated as NORMAL. You are doing the opposite here and make the quiet majority of the LGBTQ community look bad in the eyes of people outside of your »friendly« little bubble.
@@mules8662 What on earth are you smoking?
It's not a spectrum, male and female relate to reproductive function, of which there are only 2. You are either the phenotype that's supposed to produce sperm or egg.
@@AlquimistEd Did you watch the talk or did you just skip to the comments in order to rail against gay people?
@@cutlery9831 Rail against gay people? What...- bro, I'm literally gay. How the heck did you get that from my comment? lol
This has nothing to do with sexuality.
This topic actually needs a degree of attention where teens should be educated about it in schools and colleges... Loved the way she took all the audience step by step.. 💖💖💖☮🏳️🌈
it would be great if schools actually gave proper education on the subject of puberty, sexuality, and gender at all. it would be even better if they mentioned that there are anomalies, and exceptions as well. people tend to only find out these things, when they meet someone with experience that tells them, and thats not guaranteed.
@@janetlapham3919 I do agree. Hopefully efforts from people like you and me will help spread awareness and clear out misunderstandings.. again appreciate your opinion..👍🏾🏳️🌈💖☮
This was a great talk tysm for putting yourself out there like that. We really need more intersex awareness.
so informational and important. the world definitely needs to know about this and you said so many things i wish i couldve been the first to say myself....im not intersex, but i do have an odd body because of pcos, though im non-binary. the boxes and stupid expectations and pain that the world gives to everyone are horrible and no one deserves it.
thank you for speaking up about these things, the world doesnt deserve to be able to quiet the people who are different anymore, it never deserved it in the first place.
That last part touched my soul..fitting into a box. I support!!
It's amazing how there's so much we are still unaware of and things we still need to learn about our own species. Humans cannot accept differences and things out of our knowledge or the "norm". Accepting difference is such a challenge for our kind.
Miss K Is it amazing? Because we still don’t know the vast majority about how humans work (on a fundamental level). Anyone who was done serious medical research will tell you this if they are being honest.
@@PeterWW420 I guess it's not amazing, but sad. We can't be expected to know everything but I guess this is what internet is for. To find out what other people know around the world. If those people are willing and have the tools to share. I am however amazed to discover so many different things about our own kind. I like listening to most TED talks. They are interesting to me.
Very informative talk, absolutely opened my eyes and made me question pre-existing opinions.
As someone who is gender fluid, and with a lot of LGBT friends, thank you so much for sharing this. I learned more today, and people NEED to hear this story. So often society assumes we're all black or white, male or female, etc. They have no idea the wide spectrum of gender or sexual orientation that exists and why. To many assume it's a choice, and you're proof that it's not. We've always been taught that we are either male or female, but that's only because society has made it difficult or impossible to come out as being different. So thank you for having the courage to share your story. I shared this video several times and will continue to do so.
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement as a fellow genderfluid person I agree so much with what you said and this video. Society needs to change if it claims we’re “not real” because we are and we’re here
Averynerdybookworm genderfluid friends! yay!
eyoo genderfluid gang
@@averynerdybookworm972 I agree
Thank you Emily for making this extremely enlightening video!
Of course I’ll join you. Thanks for bringing awareness to all of this information.
great video! very informative and such an important topic
Thank you for this wonderful talk! Thank you for speaking out about being intersex. It’s so important. People can no longer hide behind being uneducated about these important issues as an excuse to be ignorant!
Well done! 🙌🏻
And why do we need to be educated about a small group of intersex people?
Leslie Sanchez to prevent IGNORANCE!!
@@Boces1988 I can't speak for the OP but I'm guessing she is equating intersex with the current trans movement... 😒 While a few of the issues (gender norms) are addressed and similar, they are otherwise entirely separate issues; the former being a science-based biological issue... the latter utter nonsense based on feelings. Neither group should be subjected to unnecessary surgeries or medical intervention.
Very interesting talk. The tendency of society to label and categorize people is driven by the ego, which is a function of the mind. In early childhood as we develop, we build an internal model of the world based on our environment and experiences. This helps us to survive, as we learn how to navigate the world safely. As we grow older, the ego becomes who we think we are, with likes and dislikes, a nonstop internal dialog, keeping us safe, but also categorizing judging, and condemning. These negative perceptions arise when for example we have a negative experience with a person, and associate everyone that looks like them with this negative experience. Perhaps we have been taught that all people who look a certain way are bad by some authority figure, before we were old enough to question, and just accepted that. This is where the ego becomes an obstacle to our spiritual development. The ego is fed by the thoughts we allow and encourage. But we all have a higher mind which is capable of controlling the ego and it's negative judgements. This takes mindfulness and introspection.
We are all unique individuals. As Emily Quinn correctly states, we are not to be judged or categorized by how we turn up in this world. We all have the choice to be whoever we want to be. All people in any given category recognized by society, are just as different and unique as everybody else. They are not a monolithic group, and must be treated just as politely respectfully as everyone else, and not judged.
The great British philosopher wrote a book called "As a Man Thinketh". It explains the way out of these destructive mental habits, and freeing your mind from prejudices and negativity. If you are interested here is a link to a site where you can read this book and other books by the same author for free.
www.jamesallenlibrary.com/
Humans self discovery journey is still ongoing. In various aspects world is still flat and sun is still revolving earth. Thanks Emily for making blurred gender spectrum more visible.
Great video, this is a topic that a lot of people aren’t that informed on.
Great, informative talk! Thank you for sharing your personal story. Let's celebrate the whole spectrum of variation instead of desperately trying to fit everyone into a narrowly defined box; Especially when said boxes are irrelevant to a society's ability to function in the first place. :)
As most of us I had no idea of the numbers or the misconceptions of these types of people. I'm not surprised about the doctors lack of understanding. There are alot of them in it for the money. This is yet another look into the heart of people that is what counts and nothing else. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime a brave person talk about such common, but covered issue like this, they deserve a lot of kudos. I wish her, and any other non-binary individuals all the best. Emily is a hero, bringing this to light🙏🏽Emily rocks!
You are truly human, honest, frank ! I salute your courage willing to put yourself in front of us, willing to represent the many who have suffered unnecessarily. This TED talk along with, one of the most poignant on this issue, will surely be one that will make history!
Thank you for the informative talk! I love hearing others experiences, especially when we don't get to here them often.
Very cool presenter, charming and a very informative talk! Thank you for sharing!
Shame is so underrated. It's such an effective social levelling mechanism. Society couldn't function without it so it's advisable that one learns to deal with it early on. Unfortunately most are not taught how to address and use it effectively in childhood. They then assume that there is no use for it and vilify the emotion.
But like any other emotion, it's not the emotion that's at fault but the lack of personal self control. That lack of control may lead to undesirable behaviour. Due to the detrimental effects of such behaviour, society has formed different ways to mitigating the damage. Shame is but one of the many ways.
Crying. I've never heard of intersexual. I asked Google for a definition, and it completely confused me. Someone sent this to me. Need to watch it with my boys, husband and anyone else willing to listen. THANK YOU.
I know Emily! She is so amazing and brave for sharing this story!
Does anyone have a link to where we can buy her book?
Wow this was an amazing ted talk really eye opening and educational ive known about intersex people my entire life but never had any other information about it and honestly never really thought about it the fact that gender is a spectrum is really fascinating and I hope we as a society learn more about it
Inspiring, educational, timely. Thank you very much!
So if genitalia don’t matter, shouldn’t we all be using the same bathroom regardless of genitalia?
It would be a more efficient, architecturally.
Well, yea? Aside from cultural norms (which is understandable and OK to have), there is no reason we shouldn't be. After all, we have stalls for a reason. Right?
It’s a bathroom when you gotta go you gotta go.
Yeah, it wouldn't be a problem.
If genitalia doesn't matter why are policies being made to try to have 50/50 ratios at some jobs? I mean, who cares what genitally does people have in jobs?
Thank you for a beautiful wake up call, Emily. Courageous life and disclosure; may your life be blessed💙
Thanks for speaking your truth. This is a very inspiring testimony. Very empowering. By the way, thanks for making us laugh then cry then laugh and cry. #yudabest
Not just her truth but actually THE truth. Most of what she says is objectifiable truth.
Ann Nee 💯
Incrediable talk....thank you. I have a much better understanding and tons more questions to seek answers to....cannot wait!!🤓
Really I had no clue ! Thank you for teaching me about it. That said, I strongly dislike the box-thinking and always have. Just be who you are and want to be.
God Bless You for sharing your story. It's very informative
This was very interesting! Thank you for sharing!
I don't understand how people would dislike this video - it was certainly interesting and presented by a very sympathetic young woman - To me it says much about the person who dislikes both.
I think what they dislike are all the virtue-signaling SJW hipsters cheering this video, you know, like you.
@@seybertooth9282 Facts don't care about your feelings, snowflake. Lol
@@grizzlek13 No they do not, but I have no idea why you mention that given the almost total lack of them in this video. Aww, did I piss on your virtue-signaling parade?
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your story and your knowledge, Emily!
Don’t fix what is not broken
So brave and so educational. Thank you so much for sharing!
At 12:45 , "women w/ hysteria". That happened to me. I suffered from a meningioma tumor on my spine at t-7 for yrs & yrs. It was complete agony. I lost my job, blew through all my savings & 401k, and my parents had to reverse mortgage their house. Finally they found the tumor, but not until I was completely paralyzed. Up until that point, I was just a "crazy woman" and needed psychiatric care. They even offered electric shock treatments, because I was complaining about strange pain & no one could find the reason, so obviously I was nuts right. My point is, the Drs ruined my life, & my parents life. Now, my parents can't even pass their home onto their grandchild because I was "hysterical". On top of all that, they caused AVN of my hips & right shoulder right after the tumor surgery, but still forced me to have to fight for that diagnosis as well. They killed my hip joints & right shoulder joint. So I've had to have hip replacements months after my tumor surgery. (Haven't done the shoulder yet). But no apologies, no, "oops", no "sorry we ruined you in more ways than one". I'm betting if I were a man at that time, they would have diagnosed me sooner & made more of an effort. THANK YOU Drs. But really, it's not Drs per se, it's just people. And we as people love to put each other down & stereotype each other. It feeds our egos & makes us feel superior
This girl is HILARIOUS and so smart well done
I think we can all agree that she's got balls; both literally and figuratively.
Brilliantly enlightening. Everyone needs to see this and hear your message. Thanks for accepting this as your mission. #respect and #love
Amazing video 🙌❤
A person is a person... revelations baby. Love 🖖👨👩👧👦👍
Incredible-opened the eyes of this 58-year old woman!
I am a 2% person. I am a redhead. We are no more anomalies than intersex individuals.
Really fascinating and informative
Very informative. I’m absolutely touch by this as well
The narcissism within the medical profession has the whole world skewed. It pains me to know they do this to people.
It was a very well done talk by Emily about something that's not easy to discuss. That being said two percent of humans (one in 50) are born with an extra finger or toe (Polydactyly). That's the same percentage as those born intersex. We shouldn't be cruel toward intersex people, but it's not accurate to say that gender is a spectrum. 98 percent of people do fall into one of two genders just as 98 percent of humans have 10 fingers and toes. We have to orient our society around what the vast majority of people have in common for the sake of unity and utility, but hopefully we can find a way to do that while still treating those who don't fit in with dignity and respect.
I agree with your statement. For the vast majority of people they are clearly male or female regardless of what traits you have. Facial hair has nothing to do with gender sometimes as Native American men generally lack it.
There doesn't have to be an equal number of people on each point for it to be a spectrum. Intersex people are a real part of the spectrum and you have missed the entire point of the presentation.
M 20 yrs old and I was a bio student and yet I had absolutely no idea what "intersex" was until I saw this video...guess the education system is outdated...so glad I learnt something new...bdw uh r amazing Emily!!
Beautiful, amazing talk. Very emotional to watch. I am sharing this to help others understand because this is fundamentally important for society today. This understanding heals so many wounds society has created.
Some people can't understand the meaning of the word 'exceptions' thus they assume everyone should be like them, have similar experience, similar ideologies and join them (literally what was her last words. Why?). Why can't other people have different opinions and beliefs.
Also majority of people can't accept 'exceptions' thus this shaming thing. This world is so F up.
Anish Prakash she is part of the exception but still comes with spectrum theories because of her case … 😭😭
2%, 150 mIlLiOn pPl, liKe rEd hEaDs n RuSsIanS. WeRe nOt oUtLiErS
Redheads are literally outliers but less so than intersex, and Russians are even less outliers but still far from the average person.
If group A forms 49% and group B forms 49% and group C forms 2%, yes, 2% is an outlier. This can’t even compare to countries where the largest country is like 20% ish of the population and there are so many
First time I've actually heard a logical argument against binary gendering.
Y'all haven't been listening then
@@Abba-dabba-doo, no, to the contrary, it would seem that assholes have been taking up too much of the available bandwidth.
The fact that people who don't have a dog in this fight actually click on the vid, listen, and then give real feed back, like -- "learned something" -- one might think would be a reason to (at the very least) not be a pos.
@@LifeAsANoun ME a pos? Your comment seemed to insinuate that the majority of people on Emily's side of the debate had not and could not make a sound argument. That's fallacious and pos move and it reeks of the dog whistling I've seen taking up a lot of the "available bandwidth" as well.
I'm pointing out that Emily is not even close to the first person to make these arguments or bring any of this to the table. If she's the first person you're hearing it from that's perfectly fine, but it's worth pointing out that this stuff has been widely known for a while, whether or not you decided to listen to Emily and others with her POV earlier.
@@Abba-dabba-doo Yea, can confirm, I learned nothing from the video, not because it was wrong, but because I already knew all of this. I''m not sure we can ever really get a society where people understand basic things though, since there's a lot of basic things to know, and lots of people. Internet sure helps with spread of knowledge, but big portion of people just seek entertainment, so they never learn these things, or if they do learn, it's when they're already old. So most of all people will always be stupid. However, if something becomes mainstream then there's a social pressure to conform to those ideas, so any given idea has a possibility to be known to most people. It's just that people will come up with new things to shame others with then.
Did we hear a logical argument against binary gendering? She seemed to identify as female, dress feminine, and use female pronouns, even while acknowledging that she has XY chromosomes and striated testes. Did she argue for a third gender? Didn’t seem like she did. She argued for better biology classes and better educated medical professionals, which I agree with. And she is correct, intersex is something we should be taught about. The question though is how should we talk about it? Intersex is not a third gender. Intersex is not an agenda. Intersex is a catch-all term for human sexual biology that falls outside of norm. Not all intersex are XY chromosomal females, nor is intersex a Banner for transgenderism. I concur that students should be educated on the diversity of differences that fall between biological male and biological female. I even concur that we need to develop better language to communicate this diversity. We also need to recognize that a man transitioning into a woman or vis versa is still a binary set of male-female, just as intersex consists of males with female characteristics and females with Male characteristics. We even know that neuter is a possibility, where the individual displays no sexual biological morphology. What we don’t need is forced language change, laws requiring use of forced language, nor parents transitioning their children because our culture is undergoing a societal contagion. We need better education, better awareness, and an open discussion that doesn’t push agendas.
Thank you Mrs. Quinn for sharing an honest assessment of our human diversity!
Wow 👏👏👏 I understand how difficult this must be to talk through, recently I came across a quote “ outside of sex how does a gender of the person matter, we as a society give too much importance to gender difference and that leads to body shaming if you don’t fit in. Lots of Respect for your courage, cheers
Thanks, Emily. I agree with your thought. We build everything with our believes not reality. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Actually enlightening, changed my perception as with many others in the comments. Well presented too! Thanks!
Wow, this was very educational and engaging talk 👍
That put me to tears... Sometimes I curse the higher being(or nature...whatever you call them)
but my hopes were slightly up from listening to your talk
Thank you. Very informative and thought provoking. I was curious as to why she couldn't say the word "testicles" until halfway through the talk. any thoughts?
Perhaps she was just using a literary effect. Her motivations may have been myriad since she is a lovely lady created in the image of God!