Pssst all categories, including ones used by scientists, are made-up "constructs" defined by the intentions of the people categorizinghttps://twitter.com/gogreen18/status/883906090781384704 …
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The only general definition of "male" vs "female" in biology is smaller gametes vs larger ones (anisogamy)
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We call smaller gametes "sperm" and larger ones "ova" and picture motile sperm competing to fertilize sessile ova but that's not universal
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Plenty of examples where both types of gametes are motile and seek each other out, or both are non-motile and combined by other methods
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And that in turn predicts v little about the macro organisms that make smaller gametes vs bigger ones ("males" and "females")
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There is no rule in the animal kingdom that males are bigger than females, that they have genitals that we'd think of as "male", etc
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We all know that the "male" seahorse provides the smaller gametes but then gestated the fertilized eggs inside itself
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Or that male emperor penguins hatch broods of eggs while the females that laid the eggs roam to forage for food
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FEMALE HYENAS GIVE BIRTH THROUGH 7-INCH LONG CLITORISES
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Yup evolution is complicated
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