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So how many genders are there? The answer is simple, it's in all biology books. Any other answer is virtue signaling revisionism.

• hermitcrab 1y ago
  Not a biologist, but my understanding is that gender isn't that simple. As well as XX and XY, you also have XYY, XXY, XXX, intersex, hermaphroditism, chimeraism etc (the last 2 are very rare in humans).
  • FirmwareBurner 1y ago
    Why don't we use the definition based on genitals, that a doctor uses to pronounce you at birth, and not the ultra-rare genetic exceptions?
    • hermitcrab 1y ago
      Intersex is not ultra rare. About 1.7% of people are born intersex and with intersex babies it is sometimes hard to tell what sex they are from the genitals. https://www.ohchr.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/intersex-people https://www.ohchr.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-ident... Also you can have people who develop to look like completely normal adult females, but are actually biologically male. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001669.htm https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001669.htm It's complicated.
      • FirmwareBurner 1y ago
        >About 1.7% of people are born intersex Versus how many people identify as intersex. You'd think it's half the internet based on how religious people are about this topic.