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The sex binary and sex spectrum can actually work together in two layers, but only if one understands how they accurately fit together. The foundation is the sex binary, from

Two gamete types = two sexes.Sex is a duality, a pair. In other words, a binary.Watch the full video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2-YEgUMg0 "An organism’s sex is defined as the type of gamete

Sex (the fusion of two gametes to produce a new individual) is a *mechanism*, and so it makes perfect sense to define one’s sex in terms of machinery: what machinery

I received an excellent question about sex determination, and how biologists classify organisms. Here's the question: "Is it a consensus among biologists that sex is determined by gametes? If so,

1/ In December 2019, a marine biologist (Helm) wrote a thread about how biological sex can have more complex combinations than male or female. We call this the 'sex spectrum.'

How would you respond to the following quote?"It is now evident that humans cannot be characterized as a member of 1 of 2 clearly defined units: male or female." The

Ideology is comfortable. It requires no intellectual work, no challenge of deeply held beliefs, and no courageous questioning of the status quo. If we are not willing to integrate new

ScienceVet's thread on the sex spectrum is one of the most shared pieces on the subject.Let's break it down and analyze the details of his argument with peer-reviewed science.THREAD (citations

Sex is indeed binary. Why?The answer is because of anisogamy: reproduction through the fusion of two gametes of differing size. Because there are two evolved reproductive anatomies to support two

However, there are average differences in the brain within and between males and females that when aggregated together allow us to predict someone's sex with up to 97% accuracy.[8]This is

'Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia' is another Scientific American article using the complexities of sex determination and the diversity of sex differences to argue that sex is not

The Scientific American article 'The New Science of Sex and Gender' uses congenital conditions of the reproductive tract (DSDs) to make arguments about gender and identity. Let's break it down