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There was one point made raised by the @bear_ing's new video about me which I'll respond to here—
Bearing (and a number of other critics) say we should only have two sex categories because there are only two sexual reproductive roles.
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It is true that there are only two sexual reproductive roles (I don't know of any condition that causes humans to produce both sperm & eggs)
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However when we say that someone is biologically male or female, we're generally describing a cluster of anatomical and physiological
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characteristics (hormones, genitals, secondary sex chars), not just a role in reproduction.
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So, when we use "sex" to refer to these clusters, it is incorrect to say there are only two discrete sexes, when many people exist in the
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middle of the venn diagram. (e.g. male gentials but female hormones and breasts, XY chromosomes but vagina/uterus (Swyer syndrome)).
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No one ever accused Bearing of understanding a topic well before running his mouth. I think he starts a sentence & just sees what happens.
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can this be applied to all the other sexually reproducing animals on earth? are Pan exempt ? are hominins exempt, hominids maybe ?
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my argument against this is "humans are not livestock" there is so much more to life these days than just breeding
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it's be correct to say there are only two types of gametes, but there are heaps of "reproductive roles" particularly with modern technology.
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