Teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to QueerDefenseFront@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago"Sex is the gendering of the body" explainedlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16
arrow-up142arrow-down1image"Sex is the gendering of the body" explainedlemmy.blahaj.zoneTeknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to QueerDefenseFront@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoScience doesn’t group us into 2 sexes though, only people who think they know what sex is do that. There’s more than 2 sexes… If you try and tell any experienced biologist there’s only 2 sexes, they’ll probably laugh at you. I’d assume people who assert there are only 2 sexes, probably also think mushrooms are plants.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAm biologist, can confirm we’ll laugh.
minus-squareNat (she/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThinking of sex as any number of discrete buckets is still wrong! There are many continuous values that constitute what we think of as sex.
Science doesn’t group us into 2 sexes though, only people who think they know what sex is do that.
There’s more than 2 sexes…
If you try and tell any experienced biologist there’s only 2 sexes, they’ll probably laugh at you.
I’d assume people who assert there are only 2 sexes, probably also think mushrooms are plants.
Am biologist, can confirm we’ll laugh.
Thinking of sex as any number of discrete buckets is still wrong! There are many continuous values that constitute what we think of as sex.