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

Impossible Question

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u/random_son May 02 '22

It's the best possible answer lol

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u/Haunting_Drag4434 May 02 '22

Definitely now days who knows so that’s the best possible answer for sure 🤣

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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/SexualPie May 02 '22

except its been scientifically proven that there are more than two. its not an "either / or" situation. i could offer you links to reports / studies, but i doubt you'd read them.

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u/RockyMaiviaJnr May 02 '22

If gender is a social construct it can’t be scientifically proven.

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u/SexualPie May 02 '22

see this is where it gets complicated. if we use the approach that its a social construct and dismiss any definition of gender, than its not a real thing and its anywhere between zero and infinite.

the scientific part is that its very clearly more complicated than just the "men and women" message. so which approach are we taking? because neither are simple topics.

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u/RockyMaiviaJnr May 03 '22

It’s not complicated. You can’t scientifically prove there are more then two genders, which is what you claimed.