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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional (theconversation.com)
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[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nobody conforms in reality to any gender ideal, bu

Sex, not gender.

And even then, the best kind of incorrect, as there is - was - exactly one person who's ideal example of homo sapiens male sex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

:)