Category: Celebrity News Author : Duncan Riley Posted: December 21, 2008
Tags : jamie lee curtis, jamie lee curtis hermaphrodite
One thing you can say about the internet: old rumors and tales never die, they simply sleep to live another day, and one of the oldest is the notion that actress Jamie Lee Curtis is a Hermaphrodite, that is: born with both male and female sex organs.
Usually with myth busting you can get a straight answer, but in the case of the Jamie Lee Curtis Hermaphrodite rumors the question has never definitively been answered.
The supporting arguments for yes include the choice of her name: a unisex name that could be either male or female, and that Jamie Lee Curtis has never had children, adopting instead.
The rumor nearly always centers on her name being mentioned in University lectures, although there is only one example of a paper where her name is mentioned in context, and in that case the author reported including her name only on a draft based on rumor, and removed her name after being unable to confirm the story.
The latest has Jamie Lee Curtis being mentioned as a Hermaphrodite on Oprah, although we can’t find no record of it.
The only person who can fully answer the question is Curtis herself. We rank this has highly unlikely to be true.
Dec 22, 2008
wow!, i did not know that, but i like her a lot, lol, she was great in a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger, to bad that Arnold married a news reporter than Jamie Lee Curtis, (SIGH)
even though at that age she still looks fantastically gorgeous!
i had a crush on her for about 1 month!.
oh well!
Dec 22, 2008
As far as I heard it was about that shes an XY women, meaning the Intersex condition called CAIS (complete androgen insensivity syndrom) Which would mean she is all women with the lack of real reproductive organs. Not a hermaphrodite which is a real seldom intersexual variation.
Dec 23, 2008
Even the rumour is incorrectly stated.
Jamie Lee-Curtis was said to have a condition called complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (cAIS). This is not the same as being hermaphrodite.
People with cAIS are born with the external appearance of a girl, although they have XY chromosomes and functioning testes. The cells of the fetus do not respond to tesosterone and, therefore, the baby is born without virilised genitalia. Almost universally, those with this condition identify as girls/women, but they do not have a uterus and will have only have an incomplete vagina. This may be corrected, if necessary, with surgery. Usually the testes are removed and estrogen is administered to promote female puberty.
Whether Jamie Lee-Curtis has this condition or not, she is a private individual and deserves respect.
Terry Reed
Gender identity Research and Education
Jan 9, 2009
Poorly researched, written, and with no actual information.
Each paragraph is a single sentence – Not very proper. Internet is a proper noun. (Capitalize).
Hermaphrodite is not capitalized.
” although we can’t find no record of it”. –>Which of course means that they did find record of it.
“We rank this has highly unlikely to be true.” –> Poorly worded. Change “has” to “as” maybe?
Jan 22, 2009
“we can’t find no record of it.”
Weuin's din figur uin's hav much luk.
Apr 19, 2009
You can't find no record of it? Well I guess there's no information on if she done did have that surgery then is ther.
Jul 8, 2009
Yes, XY female ie. testicular feminization or androgen insensitivity. Testes where the ovaries should be. Not a hermaphrodite, but close. Don't bother tracking me down I will deny it to the end. Case closed.
Jan 15, 2010
http://media.photobucket.com/image/jamie%20lee%20curtis%20leigh/VLiaguno/jamie_lee_curtis0194ALT.jpg
if this was a girl, I dunno what to say…
Jan 24, 2010
“We can’t find NO record of it.” Really?
Jan 28, 2012
I just love ms.jamie lee curtis think shes a great actree who gives a shit what shes is.if shes both kool gives her the better deal, keepem guessing ms.curtis non there dam bees wax, hahaha.
Jan 28, 2012
what will come next a lamb with 6 legs wow, last wek a purple calf, um who knows, mm;))).
Jan 28, 2012
i love this womwn shes kool good actree what more do people want,mm:)))