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Trump to sign order proclaiming there are only two sexes
(news.sky.com)
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There are scientifically more than two sexes. Something like 1-2% of all people are intersex.
They will call it "multisex" and come up with treatments to "fix" the "medical issue".
They already do that with the more obviously intersex children at birth.
You'd think that, but really, I suspect a lot of the confusion comes from the word itself. "Intersex" implies with its "inter-" prefix that something exists between the two sexes, thus implying the existence of a third (or more) sex.
But again, it's just a blanket term that covers a wide variety of medical conditions related to development of sex organs/characteristics.
And I shouldn't have to say this, but of course I'm not saying that one's anatomy has any influence on one's worth as a person. I'm not a monster. I'm just a stickler for semantic accuracy.
For what reason? What use does it have? Because as it stands, you're arguing in favor of a false dichotomy that, though you may be against them, is still used by bigots to justify their hate. Weighed against "semantic accuracy," I don't really think that's worthwhile.