Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I think what is bothering me about this debate is the way some have taken all this as a license to attack intersex people using biblical narratives. (I am not saying you do this :)

I agree with you that the separation of male and female is a fundamental biblical principle. Your description of a beach is a wonderful analogy of the concept behind the name El Shaddai. It is a part of what G-d created and for a reason. G-d will always be above creation and G-d has left such places and ideas to remind us all of that. It is impossible for the entire world to be like a beach, but without beaches the world would seem wrong somehow. I am comfortable with the fact that I am intersexed because I know that G-d has a reason for it.

I do love the analogy you used as well.

thanks

shalom :) Sophie

At the same time, I still uphold the distinctions that God makes in creation. Land is separate from water and that is the way it must be for life to exist as God intended. Of course, there is the place where the water meets the land — the beach. It’s a beautiful place to be for sure, but not what all the earth should aspire to be.

Be glad that G-d made you as you are and not intersexed. I suspect that were you born intersexed, you would have a very different perspective, on how others treat you “Oh they should not be allowed to blur the sacred two sexes” (yes that is called Idolatry, there is only one G-d not two)

You may also come to understand G-d in a different light

shalom Sophie

I have respect and value for distinctions. They are there for a reason and complexity shouldn’t automatically delegitimaze boundaries. Society is damaged in a world without definitions. Perhaps art would suffer as well?

I like “Twelfth Night” but want to keep males and females defined in the Olympics!