JAKARTA - The name Aprilia Santini Manganang was once popular as a female volleyball athlete. Because of his dashing physical appearance many thought he was a man. However, in various ways, Aprilia tries to convince herself that she is a woman until fate leads her to become a real man named Aprilio Perkasa Manganang.
Born with hypospadias, the midwife who helped deliver her said Aprilia was a woman. He also follows the stigma that has been attached to him. Moreover, Aprilia's craziness does have an abnormality where her penis size is smaller than normal, 4 cm long, almost 2 cm in diameter.
During the hearing on the request to change the name of Second Sergeant (Serda) Aprilia Santini Manganang to Aprilio Perkasa Manganang at the Tondano District Court, this fact came to light. "I got two testicles/testicles, right and left, then the duct is located at the tip of the penis but under the scrotum," said Tondano Nova District Court Judge Loura Sasube on Friday, 19 March.
The hypospadias disorder experienced by Manganang is of the scrotal type, so he has to urinate by squatting because the penis canal hole is at the bottom.
This is what makes his parents believe that Aprilia is a woman. "The genital organs are not typical of male organs, the way is clear, urinating squatting, the family thinks she is a woman," he said.
Despite being referred to as a woman, however, she had never had a period or had a period. This was also explained by Guntoro in the trial.
“Aprilia never had her period or had her period. So she doesn't have a uterus. After a physical examination, it was followed by an MRI to strengthen it, examining the internal organs, the pelvic cavity, and there were no ovaries or vaginas found," he said.
To convince his friends that Aprilia is a woman, he lies. Even though she doesn't have breasts in general, she even uses a tissue to stuff the bra she's wearing.
"So if you're in a match, you're wearing a bra right. Because you don't have breasts, you fill it with tissue. When the smash hit, the bra went up. I was really uncomfortable and embarrassed to finally ask for a time out. When the team got together I pulled the bra down," Aprilio was quoted as saying. from YouTube Channel Deddy Corbuzier quoted Thursday, 9 December.
Not only about breasts, Aprilio also lied about menstruation. "I, as a woman, I feel like a woman. But how come I feel different, I don't have breasts, I don't have my menstruation every month. If the league likes to be asked, are you menstruating or not? How long between menstruations? I said 2 weeks and the rest was bleeding," said Aprilio Perkasa.
Now, Aprilio Perkasa looks dashing as an Army soldier. Physically and legally, Aprilio is a real man. He often shares his latest photos that make netizens amazed.
Living a role as a woman is certainly not an easy matter. Moreover, at that time Aprilio Manganang remained an outstanding athlete. "It's not easy to be here at this moment," wrote Aprilio Perkasa Manganang, Friday, December 10.
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