Sumerian Creation Myth About Intersex
Ninmah, the mother goddess, is fashioning mankind out of clay. While doing this, she boasts that she will determine the fate- good or bad- for all she creates. Enki, the father god, retors as follows, “I will counterbalance whatever fate – good or bad – you happen to decide.” Ninmah then creates three men and one women with atypical biology and Enki gives each various forms of status to ensure respect for their uniqueness.
Why can’t all of society do this? Give intersex people the respect for their uniqueness that they deserve?
