You see Dana was born with male genitalia but a female reproductive system. According to testimony given in the April 28, 2005 report the human rights investigation into the medical normalization of intersex people, Dana recalled being tormented, beaten and sexually abused by classmates, a gym teacher, and her stepfather for being a freak of nature, and calling her penis a little worm. Than there's Eli's story; in her family no one talked about it. Shrouded in mystery Eli grew up ashamed of her boyish body. Thirty years later Eli learned for the first time that she had been operated when she was a year old to reduce the size of her enlarged clitoris, an irreversible operation.