RE: Wie viele Geschlechter gibt es eigentlich?
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So one thing that I learned that could explain the mix, one thing is sex , the other is gender. Sex will always be between male and female, like biological traits. While gender could be affected more by social and cultural aspects. The text cites also animals that can change their sex biologically, but in the case of humanity, that isn't possible and if I remember well, in no mammals.
In my opinion, what I like to think is that one is biologically driven and the other is just social and cultural, which I admit that some of them are cloudy for my brain a bit but if someone wants to say that they fell like an "unicorn," who am I to impose the contrary? I am just not much in favour of admitting permanent changes in kids that can change their opinion when they are older.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
Regarding your note about animals: You are right – in mammals (including humans), there is no natural sex change like in some fish. However, what my post aimed to highlight is the innate biological variations (such as XX/XY chimerism or androgen insensitivity syndrome) that demonstrate that even "biological sex" is not an absolutely binary switch.