"The way we were treated as small children is the way we treat ourselves the rest of our lives: with cruelty or with tenderness and protection. We often impose our most agonizing suffering upon ourselves and, later, on our children." - Alice Miller

"However well-meaning, though, doctors who perform intersex surgery employ a very finite tool in making their decision. The first measure of manhood is a ruler: If a penis is less than one inch (2.5 centimeters) at birth, it doesn't count. And if it's more than three-eighths of an inch (0.9 centimeters) long, it can't qualify as a clitoris either. ( Read more... )

Quote:"It's just amazing how we treat kids in this society. We treat them violently and have a very dismissive attitude towards their pain. We think because they are little they have little pain." - Tom Alan

Quote:"Only in very recent history has society openly admitted that some parents abuse the sacred power entrusted to them. In fact, it has only been in the last one hundred years that we have recognized through laws and social practices that children are independent beings, entitled to protection from the excesses of their parents. The first ( Read more... )