Here's a convenient example: a male seahorse does not have a Y chromosome, does not have phallic genitalia and is the one that lays the eggs
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The actual answer is that in biology the "male" organism is the one whose gametes are smaller and more motile
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@ryancmack not only that, but a person with a basic understanding of biology knows that there's multiple sex-determination -
systems in animals. And even among diploid organisms (which are animals like us) there's multiple variations.
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When something is binary a lot of the time, our categorizing brains have a hard time not thinking it's binary all the time
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I had a good laugh picturing the variety of male-designated "equipment" and mentally transferring it to humans.
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I think it might be more relevant to talk about mammals than all animal life, though? Where AFAIK biological male/female 1/2
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are generally pretty defined, though of course there are cases which muddle the lines 2/2
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