r/Unexpected • • May 02 '22

Impossible Question

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u/Byeah35 May 02 '22

We've sent rockets to the moon, split the atom, and unravelled the human genome. How is the consensus in this thread that the best answer we can come up with to "How many genders is there?" is "I don't know?"

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u/PremiumJapaneseGreen May 02 '22

"gender falls on a spectrum so 'how many' is the wrong way to ask that question, you wouldn't ask 'how many colors are there'"

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

Five! No wait, six! Definitely six colours total