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Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination (www.scientificamerican.com)
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I believe the problem is never showing evidence, but that the evidence is overwhelming. I could explain the general idea and, maybe, one or two specifics. People that use the XX/XY binary argument wouldn’t be able to explain either, but it’s usually only used because it conforms to a bias. And we are only talking about humans here. Language would implode if we tried to maintain convenient binaries and still back it up with science.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A good image to have if a discussion about "men in women sport" breaks out. I heard so often: if XY then Man.

The whole spectrum of intersex is too complicated for the average today joe...

And then comes the even more complex topic of transgender people and gender affirming care/therapy, which can be a totally separate thing besides the intersex-biology-discussion