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Because it is not allowed to give the true answer, which is considered harmful by some.
by throw_pm23 2y ago
Because it is not allowed to give the true answer, which is considered harmful by some.
- CamperBob2 2y agoThere are two sexes, based on whether or not a Y chromosome is present. However, there are an arbitrary number of genders, which are themselves quantities with an arbitrary number of dimensions. Point being, sexes are something Nature made up for purposes of propagation, while genders are something we made up for purposes of classification.
- 47282847 2y agoThere are three biological sexes: male, female, and inter. The latter is rare but exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
- CamperBob2 2y agoYep, a good reminder that fixed natural categories are another thing that we like to invent (and when we feel it necessary, impose by force), where they seldom exist in reality.
- ratg13 2y ago2% of the world population doesn't sound like a lot, but you're still talking about 150 million people or half the population of the USA