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The point is sex is a spectrum, we don't have to put everyone in little boxes then get upset when things aren't so clearly defined.

Expressed sexual characteristics are a spectrum when there are mutations in the genes involved in the binary system of sex.

	▲	froh 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		not sure what you mean, but there are disturbances in the development of sex, indeed. do you agree to that medical fact?
	▲	megaloblasto 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What? Sex is a spectrum, this is a fact. There are people born with testicles and rudimentary ovaries. There are people born with breasts and long penis-like clitorides. I encourage you to try and not categorize everything into neat little boxes.

mattmanser 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Saying it's a spectrum implies to most people there's some sort of Gaussian distribution and there's not.

There's not like 20% of humans with mammary glands and a scrotum, right? Or 10% with no reproductive organs. Or 15% with both sets.

The obvious flip side of 1 in 1500 is that 1499 out of 1500 are binary.

So there's not really a spectrum as most people would understand that word.

	▲	froh 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The word you're looking for is "bimodal distribution". The spectrum of sex characteristics is a bimodal distribution with two peaks. and the vast majority of all humans fall close to one of the two peaks peaks. however, they indeed exist medically classified circumstances for bodily sexual expression that is not on one of the peaks but somewhere in between. and the percentage of those not close to the peaks is heavily contested and varies between 1 in 15000 ( putting extremely high bars on "uh wen can't tell") to 17 in 1000 (counting for example a larger clit as a penis-y ambiguous thing) bimodal distribution with distinct peaks and a low but non-zero density between the peaks.
	▲	megaloblasto 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		To add to the other reply, nearly 100% of people classified as men at birth do have mammary glands and can lactate if they take certain medication. Some men can lactate without medication.