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1.7% of the population are intersex. 2% of the population are blond. Are blonds genetic abnormalities? Can I say “No people have blonde hair” and dismiss all t
by qtplatypus 6y ago
1.7% of the population are intersex.
2% of the population are blond.
Are blonds genetic abnormalities? Can I say “No people have blonde hair” and dismiss all the blonds?
- ndosnfiwjaijx 6y agoIn Northern Europe, blonde hair is very common.
- qtplatypus 6y agoAnd in the Dominican Republic intersex people are common. It still misses the point though. You can’t dismiss people because they are a minority.
- jlawson 6y agoPrevalence of intersex conditions are nowhere near 1.7%. More like one in a thousand or one in ten thousand.
- qtplatypus 6y agoI am going by Blackless‘s research. Even if that figure is wrong Klinefelter syndrome occurs at rate 1-2 per thousand which means that your estimate of one in ten thousand is way out.
- DanBC 6y agoIt's quite a complicated question to answer, and it depends how intersex is defined. https://isna.org/faq/frequency/ https://isna.org/faq/frequency/ > Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female one in 100 births > Total number of people receiving surgery to “normalize” genital appearance one or two in 1,000 births