Comment on Being Trans Isn't Normal or Part of Nature...or is it...?

• powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do you have a particular edge case in mind? One that’s commonly brought up is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovotesticular_syndrome, but that doesn’t fall outside the sex binary. Having a bit of nonfunctional tissue doesn’t affect one’s sex.

  Colors aren’t a great analogy either, because in anisogamous species, gametes are strictly binary. There’s sperm and ova, with 0 overlap and 0 other options. “Purple gametes” just don’t exist.

  This also isn’t my opinion, this is the accepted definition in the field of biology.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not anymore, no.

    Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic | Scientific American share.google/T8SeIlF6VVw1nWogD

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    • powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      From the author of that paper:

      xcancel.com/ClaireAinsworth/…/888365994577735680

      In your piece ‘Sex Redefined’ are you making the claim there are more than 2 sexes?

      No, not at all. Two sexes, with a continuum of variation in anatomy/physiology.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That last quote reads as “Red and blue. Don’t need a word for purple.”

        But we do need a word for purple.

        This is an English and categorization problem.

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• ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So those who cannot reproduce and aren’t in either category are still human. And therefore in a third category.

    Red, blue, none. Three categories.

    Also, intersex can sometimes reproduce.

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    • powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      People’s bodies are still organized around the production of either sperm or ova, even if they’re unable to reproduce due to a developmental issue. You can call that a third category if it’s useful to you, but that doesn’t form a third sex as understood by biologists.

      Intersex is a confusing term, and doesn’t dispute the binary. People are still male or female, with en.wikipedia.org/…/Disorders_of_sex_development

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• ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok there Isaac Newton. Call it violet.

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