yes the majority of humans just have one or the other and mutations and disorders can cause variations within the two. but those aren’t a majority of humans.
people seem to think that he is putting some negative meaning behind it.
just because a mutation is a mutation doesn’t mean it’s bad. but it doesn’t mean it’s normal for humans either.
You’re probably thinking of variations within a sex, such as XXY. They still have bodies organized around producing one of two gamete sizes. Nobody produces a third size of gamete
Kinda feels like you dodged the question. I think they were asking you to define what it means to “organize around producing a gamete”, how folks that were never going to produce either fit into that definition, and how you construct sex as a binary despite that.
Edit: looks like powerstuggle is responding to other comments but not this one. I think it is safe to assume they are going for low hanging fruit and trolling rather than actually trying to explain themself.
There aren’t people born with bodies that just have “no concept” of how to produce a gamete, and that’s what I mean our bodies aren’t blank slates. Even if someone doesn’t actually produce gametes, the rest of their body is still structured in a sexed way, because we’re a sexually dimorphic species.
I see what you’re saying. Something like “there are two sets of characteristics and most folks grab from the majority of one or the other. Therefore we can place everyone into one sex or the other.”
I feel like when I first read your comments I took issue with how black and white your words seemed. I still kinda feel that.
Is there some structure that’s presense or lack there of definitely defines sex for every person? If so I think its fair to call sex a binary.
I feel like I’d only be convinced if I could understand what makes the options only 0 or 1 yk? It doesn’t seem to be chromosomes, which is what I was taught growing up. X/Y Chromosomes have more that two ways of existing in humans.
I’ll read through those wiki articles a bit. To me it seems like your saying that there is some kind of structure that has no middle ground in humans. It always only goes one way or the other. No variation. It’s hard for me to picture life doing that. If ya have any more info to point to I’d be down to look at it.
Edit: for example, would Ovotesticular Syndrome be a counter example to sex binary?
Edit: it looks like there is some variation in rare cases with the development of Müllerian ducts. So that doesn’t seem to be a binary.
My niece has Turner’s syndrome. She had to learn to give herself hormone shots to grow and develop as others normally would during puberty, but due to very underdeveloped ovaries is incapable of producing gametes. How does she fit in?
If I remember correctly, not even sex is binary in humans.
There are a decent number of combinations of the X and Y chromosomes, not just XX and XY. If I remember correctly there are about 6 more common combos
Not just cromossomes matter. Intersex can be purely environmental and not genetic.
Aren’t those considered disorders, tho? Like XXX or XXY
yes the majority of humans just have one or the other and mutations and disorders can cause variations within the two. but those aren’t a majority of humans.
people seem to think that he is putting some negative meaning behind it.
just because a mutation is a mutation doesn’t mean it’s bad. but it doesn’t mean it’s normal for humans either.
It also means there are more than two options for sex. Meaning it isn’t binary.
You’re probably thinking of variations within a sex, such as XXY. They still have bodies organized around producing one of two gamete sizes. Nobody produces a third size of gamete
But some produce neither.
Nobody has a body organized around producing no gametes
What does this even mean?
Who “organizes” bodies?
If a body can’t and never could produce gametes, what makes it “organized” to do so anyway?
There is no “who”, it’s the process of evolution over billions of years. Our bodies aren’t blank slates.
Kinda feels like you dodged the question. I think they were asking you to define what it means to “organize around producing a gamete”, how folks that were never going to produce either fit into that definition, and how you construct sex as a binary despite that.
Edit: looks like powerstuggle is responding to other comments but not this one. I think it is safe to assume they are going for low hanging fruit and trolling rather than actually trying to explain themself.Sorry, you’re down in the list of comments in my inbox. They’d look for structures like these for diagnosis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramesonephric_duct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonephric_duct
There aren’t people born with bodies that just have “no concept” of how to produce a gamete, and that’s what I mean our bodies aren’t blank slates. Even if someone doesn’t actually produce gametes, the rest of their body is still structured in a sexed way, because we’re a sexually dimorphic species.
I see what you’re saying. Something like “there are two sets of characteristics and most folks grab from the majority of one or the other. Therefore we can place everyone into one sex or the other.”
I feel like when I first read your comments I took issue with how black and white your words seemed. I still kinda feel that.
Is there some structure that’s presense or lack there of definitely defines sex for every person? If so I think its fair to call sex a binary.
I feel like I’d only be convinced if I could understand what makes the options only 0 or 1 yk? It doesn’t seem to be chromosomes, which is what I was taught growing up. X/Y Chromosomes have more that two ways of existing in humans.
I’ll read through those wiki articles a bit. To me it seems like your saying that there is some kind of structure that has no middle ground in humans. It always only goes one way or the other. No variation. It’s hard for me to picture life doing that. If ya have any more info to point to I’d be down to look at it.
Edit: for example, would Ovotesticular Syndrome be a counter example to sex binary?
Edit: it looks like there is some variation in rare cases with the development of Müllerian ducts. So that doesn’t seem to be a binary.
My niece has Turner’s syndrome. She had to learn to give herself hormone shots to grow and develop as others normally would during puberty, but due to very underdeveloped ovaries is incapable of producing gametes. How does she fit in?
Turner’s syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that only affects females. Her body is organized around the production of the larger of two gamete sizes.