Clarification: I don't think that because "male" and "female" are not unique, discrete, non-overlapping categories, there are "many sexes"
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Replying to @ContraPoints
I'm simply saying that we need to be aware of the limitation of binary categories applied to reality that is not neatly binary.
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Telling intersex or transsexual people "you are biologically male/female" is to ignore biological complexity to save conceptual simplicity.
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Replying to @ContraPoints
The purpose of concepts IS simplification/essentialization. Our consciousnesses (like everything) are limited, so we need concepts to think.
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Replying to @AisAwig
fine, but don't flip around and then pretend that "there are only two gender/sexes" is scientific reality and everyone else is delusional
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