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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I always viewed it like this. Let's say we have two colors Blue & Red. Now there exists a spectrum between those colors & it isn't useful to
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call every shade on either side Blue or Red because it is distinct e.g. Shades of color/gender.
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periWinkle & Cobalt are both types of Blue, but are not the epitome of "Blueness".
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