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You can take offence if you want to, but objecting to a mention of the sex of a group of people, on a topic where the fact of their sex is highly relevant, comes across more as an …

I do not consider it disrespectful to state someone's sex, particularly when it's relevant to the topic. Consider my original comment on this thread: " Most of the actual work to s…

It is very straightforward to show that sex is defined by gametes. Imagine a biologist discovers a new sexually reproducing species. She does not yet know whether it is hermaphrodi…

Sexual reproduction certainly does involve more than just the gametes themselves, but the definition of sex is based on gametes - and that they comprise two distinct classes of cel…

I think you've missed my key point which is that sex is fundamentally defined by gamete type, and is not a post-hoc clustering of traits. The underlying biological concept is repro…

It makes sense but it is a false framing. The whole point of female and male is to distinguish the two reproductive roles in sexually reproducing species, whether those are hermaph…

That textbook chapter you linked is quite revealing, thanks. I see that diagram in particular as a good demonstration of how the "sex is a spectrum" concept can't possibly work in …