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This post probably isn’t about sex but about gender. Those are two very different albeit related concepts. Sure, biology is mostly binary (although not quite as black and white, if you’re looking at any other features than gamete types. Femininity and masculinity do not define themselves by gamete type), but psychology very much isn’t binary.

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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
There are only two genders: binary, and non-binary

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- JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There are 10 types of people in this world…those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
  
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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You’re right that sex phenotypes (features other than gametes) and gender form a spectrum and not a strict binary. This is often a point of confusion and I’ve had people try to argue about sex, after I’ve explicitly differentiated between sex and gender.

I think the cartoon is likely about sex, but if everyone agrees that sex != gender and biologists define sex as binary in humans, then it doesn’t really matter and we all agree about the important things.

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