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When defining by which pairs can reproduce, or at least "connect corresponding mating organs", humans are also still limited to 2 sexes, pronoun discussion (in

When defining by which pairs can reproduce, or at least "connect corresponding mating organs", humans are also still limited to 2 sexes, pronoun discussion (in American English) acknowledges 2 sexes and decouples gender from that. A one to many relationship, instead of a one to one relationship. (I've found in other English variants, consensus is evolving differently with non-binary genders equalling additional sexes, this can make things confusing online - like on Twitter - if you aren't noticing that maybe Commonwealth countries are forming this conversation differently)

mschuster91 5y ago
> When defining by which pairs can reproduce, or at least "connect corresponding mating organs", humans are also still limited to 2 sexes For ~98.3%, yes. About 1.7% [1] are... more difficult to answer that question for. For example, take a person with XX chromosomes but a penis and a person with XY chromosomes and a vagina. The "connect mating organs" step will work, but the pair will be infertile in almost all cases. Even when one disregards social gender identity and purely focuses on "biological" attributes, nature has given humanity a lot of options - most people will fit into the "standard" model of hormones, chromosomes and the presence of naturally-grown genitalia, but a lot of people will not. [1]: https://www.unfe.org/intersex-awareness/ https://www.unfe.org/intersex-awareness/
- zajio1am 5y ago
  > About 1.7% are ... According to https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/ it is more like 0.018 % than 1.7 %.