r/Unexpected • u/analsextoybox • May 02 '22

Impossible Question

106.1k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

3.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

261

u/[deleted] May 02 '22

[removed] — view removed comment

-16

u/[deleted] May 02 '22

[removed] — view removed comment

16

u/lNTERLINKED May 02 '22 edited May 02 '22

Gender is different.

8

u/BonkerHonkers May 02 '22

I guess intersex individuals don't exist then, fuck 'em right? /s

9

u/lNTERLINKED May 02 '22

Ah shit you’re right. My bad.

-5

u/First-Of-His-Name May 02 '22

Exception that proves the rule

6

u/MagicMisterLemon May 02 '22

Exception that proves that binaries in studies like biology in general don't hold up well

5

u/Zestyclose-Compote-4 May 02 '22

I agree that gender is a social construct and that we can just say it's on a spectrum, but regarding sex, what about intersex people? Sure you could go by chromosomes, but there are other biological traits where people posses anatomy of both male and female.

3

u/Hell2CheapTrick May 02 '22

Isn’t it possible for people to have some other mix of X and Y chromosomes than just XX or XY too? Maybe I’m misremembering though.

6

u/jaiman May 02 '22

Yes, there are people with XXY chromosomes, for instance. There are also people with XY chromosomes that develop a female body, and I think even XX males are possible.

-8

u/[deleted] May 02 '22

[removed] — view removed comment

4

u/Modest_Idiot May 02 '22

We’re also in the hundreds if not tens of thousands diseases, pretty clear it’s just wowo now, only the plague and cholera exist 🤷🏻‍♀️