Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
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A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
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I believe the problem is never showing evidence, but that the evidence is overwhelming. I could explain the general idea and, maybe, one or two specifics. People that use the XX/XY binary argument wouldn’t be able to explain either, but it’s usually only used because it conforms to a bias. And we are only talking about humans here. Language would implode if we tried to maintain convenient binaries and still back it up with science.