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• Entheon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There are a decent number of combinations of the X and Y chromosomes, not just XX and XY. If I remember correctly there are about 6 more common combos

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not just cromossomes matter. Intersex can be purely environmental and not genetic.

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aren’t those considered disorders, tho? Like XXX or XXY

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      yes the majority of humans just have one or the other and mutations and disorders can cause variations within the two. but those aren’t a majority of humans.

      people seem to think that he is putting some negative meaning behind it.

      just because a mutation is a mutation doesn’t mean it’s bad. but it doesn’t mean it’s normal for humans either.

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It also means there are more than two options for sex. Meaning it isn’t binary.

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• powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You’re probably thinking of variations within a sex, such as XXY. They still have bodies organized around producing one of two gamete sizes. Nobody produces a third size of gamete

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But some produce neither.

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    • powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nobody has a body organized around producing no gametes

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      • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What does this even mean?
        Who “organizes” bodies?
        If a body can’t and never could produce gametes, what makes it “organized” to do so anyway?

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      • Duranie@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        My niece has Turner’s syndrome. She had to learn to give herself hormone shots to grow and develop as others normally would during puberty, but due to very underdeveloped ovaries is incapable of producing gametes. How does she fit in?

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