• powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Man, really? The person that thinks there’s 3 gamete types because they couldn’t even understand the paper they linked? Them? I mean FFS, the paper they linked directly, squarely contradicts them:

    A strict binary, for which all individuals are unambiguously grouped into one of two categories. Whereas some traits, such as gamete size, operate this way, […]

    I have to say that I’m disappointed that you found that eloquent, but to each their own. I hope that you some day find truth more eloquent.

    At any rate, just in case you’re confused (since it’s not clear from your comment if you understand this), sex is defined by the gamete types your body is organized around producing. Someone born without the ability to create gametes isn’t a counter to the sex binary, their body is still organized around the production of sperm or ova, even if faulty. Nobody is born with a body organized around the production of both sperm and ova, not even in the case of ovotestis. See other comments for explanation.