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>Biological sex isn't binary It most certainly is. XY and XX are two things, therefore binary. Anything else is a defect in the individual's chromosomes.
by mixedCase 10y ago
>Biological sex isn't binary
It most certainly is. XY and XX are two things, therefore binary. Anything else is a defect in the individual's chromosomes.
- dragonwriter 10y agoXX and XY have a strong correlation with sex traits, but not a 1:1 correspondence. (And neither those chromosome configurations nor other biological sex traits map 1:1 to external genitalia, which is Italy the basis of socially ascribed gender.) So the fact that XX and XY configurations exist and other configurations are considered "defects" doesn't make biological sex a binary trait that correspondence to the manner in which gender is usually digitally ascribed and for which people are labeled "transgender" when their gender identity differs from that social judgement.