There's a massive physiological difference between those two examples.
Brilliant deduction, Sherlock. I gave you two completely different answers because I wasn't sure what you specifically meant by "gender". I gave you an anatomical answer and an identity answer.
Of course it exists, I never said it didn't. It does however back up my point, intersex is a mix of the two sexes. Male Female and Intersex.
Ok. My point was that the existence of intersex peoples makes it more complicated than your original "simple as XX and XY for gender" statement would suggest.
I am not saying adults shouldn't be able to choose their own identity, not for a second. I am and always will be pro freedom.
However I don't like the idea of kids being told that there's 63 genders. (I googled it, I had no idea people are saying there was that many tbh)
I assume you are talking about this site:
https://apath.org/63-genders ?
A) There is a big disclaimer on the top of the page that it is outdated and wrong.
B) It's just some random peson's ramblings on a variety of topics.
C) It's at least partially a joke.
D) They are considering each combination of biological sex, identity, and behavior as a separate gender.
E) I don't see anyone advocating teaching this specifically to kids.
This article is actually pretty based.
https://www.quora.com/Scientifically-how-many-sexes-genders-are-there
I generally agree with that article. Seems spot on.
I don't think anyone can say honestly that 20+ "genders" is scientific.
I don't think you understand what those people are talking about. When they say there are some [huge] number of genders, they are generally trying to categorize and label all the different possible combinations of biological sex, behiavor, and/or self identification. You can make those categories as specific or as broad as you want. Whether you want to classify all those categories as separate genders or not is really just a matter of terminology.
Yes, for most of us it really is as simple as male/female. But for those intersex persons, or those with gender dysphoria, it really isn't that simple.
Intersex is a physiological condition, it has nothing to do with being transgender.
I know. I answered it in two different ways because I wasn't sure what disputeone meant by "gender". He seemed to be using it more in the biological sense.
Dysphoria is a mental disorder that can sometimes be alleviated by transition, but there is no surefire cure. The people in a position to make money off transitioning people are pushing the narrative that it is the only way, that the alternative to transition is suicide. Also, you may be interested to know lots of these younger people who are being referred to gender clinics now are on the autism spectrum.
That's pretty scummy if it is true. Although, I suspect some of that correlation with autism has to do with the fact that many of those chromosomal disorders can also result in autism.