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 Are there more than two genders? (36)

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Are there more than two genders?

Today´s society strongly upholds the belief of gender being a social construct by other societies instead of a biological trait. Countries such as Sweden and Finland are leaders in the promotion of such a belief, supporting not only transgender rights but also the existence of other genders besides the ¨traditional¨ male and female, terms like ¨non-binary¨ and ¨gender fluid¨, the state of a being not having a gender. These new and rather radical ideas of the conception of gender are an extremely controversial and uncomfortable topic that most people would rather avoid. So, Are there more than two genders?
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Yes. There's male, female, and progressive. One has a penis. One has a vagina. And one has one or the other but can't figure out which one they have without wikipedia.

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Therefore, there are only 2 genders biologically, according to biological science. Then there are the insane who are wrong and demented and delusional that there are more when there isn't. Non-binary doesn't count and doesn't exist. Gender/sex are biologically related. Always has been. Always will be.

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Yes, there is more than two genders....there is male, female, and stupid. That's three.

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In other words, there are only 2 for those with common sense. Marriage and true love is only between a real man and a real woman. Opposition to this will be silenced. The stupid people who think there are more than 2 are invalidated and mentally ill.

mrcatsam(663) Clarified
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Yeah. And number three describes you perfectly;)

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marcusmoon(576) Disputed
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NowA,

Yes, there is more than two genders....there is male, female, and stupid. That's three.

This is a close-minded point of view that directly clashes with my personal experience.

I have personally encountered

- 1 - Males

- 2 - Females

- 3 - Stupid Males

- 4 - Stupid Females

Drop your "bigotry" and do the math. ;)

NowASaint(1380) Clarified
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If you are not saved, all your knowledge is vain . .

Let's start with definitions to avoid confusion. These are from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Gender: the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

Sex: either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and structures.

Given those definitions, it's possible for someone to have male sex organs and a female gender, and vice versa, or a mixture of both (aka non-binary or gender fluid). So, the male and female genders are more like the ends of a spectrum, and someone can fall on one end or the other, or somewhere in between.

Even sex can be non-binary, because approximately 1 in every 4,500 people are born intersex. That's 1.43 million people. Some variations of people who are intersex include...

-having both ovaries and testicles, and the external genitals are neither clearly male nor female.

-Having ovaries and a penis-like structure or phallus.

-Having undescended testes and external female genitals including a vulva.

EldonG(530) Clarified
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I appreciate this, and have no problem with the concept that there are those that are not strictly male or female. I've actually known about it for some time - but - assuming that gender isn't binary, but a range between two points on a line, do we then have more actual genders, or simply some level of mix? I am male, though every fetus transforms through a female stage...but I'm still male.

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Nope. You're nomenclature, the humanoid butt clown.

LittleMisfit(1745) Clarified
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do we then have more actual genders, or simply some level of mix?

I think it could be seen either way. I don't think either view is wrong, they are just two different perspectives on how to define gender.

There are only 2 genders; male and female. So you aren't wrong in stating that you are male. It's simply biology, Eldon.

JaceCarsonne(93) Disputed
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If that makes sense, then why is it that on submission forms of various kind, you see one of these two things:

Sex: (circle one) M or F

OR

Gender: (circle one) M or F

Notice the interchangeably used words.

Yes, this is also true for Doctors' Office and Hospital forms. So if you are going to claim that the majority of doctors are incorrect, please do so.

LittleMisfit(1745) Clarified
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Different dictionaries have different definitions. I went with Merriam-Webster because the first two definitions I saw were from Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster, and they both had the same definition. So I didn't see any need to look through every dictionary on the web. Plus Merriam-Webster is one of the most well known dictionaries and has been around since 1828.

Here are definitions from some other dictionaries.

Dictionary.com - the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).

Oxford Dictionary - Either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones.

Cambridge Dictionary - the male or female sex, or the state of being either male or female

Collins Dictionary - A person's gender is the fact that they are male or female.

If you want to define gender as the same thing as sex, that's fine. You can define things any way you want, as long as you understand that when discussing gender with someone else they may not be talking about the same thing as you.

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Even sex can be non-binary, because approximately 1 in every 4,500 people are born intersex. That's 1.43 million people. Some variations of people who are intersex include...

-having both ovaries and testicles, and the external genitals are neither clearly male nor female.

-Having ovaries and a penis-like structure or phallus.

-Having undescended testes and external female genitals including a vulva.

Right. Intersex would be a "non-binary" sex, and I'm open to their being "non-binary" gender (e.i. they are somewhere on the M-F spectrum that secludes them from either psychologically), however, this still does not sensibly get you to there being 63+ genders that are just as Biologically legitimate as M or F.

Dr_Batman(1523) Disputed
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Nope. Intersex is not the non-binary as non binary doesn't exist and never will. You support a fallacy with no evidence. A birth defect aka intersex does not create a new gender. It's still male or female based.

Intersex; A third sex category? Nope
LittleMisfit(1745) Clarified
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" this still does not sensibly get you to there being 63+ genders that are just as Biologically legitimate as M or F."

I agree. IMO, the whole concept of gender should just be discarded, because I don't see any use for it.

marcusmoon(576) Clarified
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LittleMisfit,

The definitions conveniently help with defining what we are not discussing.

Thanks.

Gender: the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

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Given that gender is grounded in personal interaction (whether or not it is compliant) with culturally defined concepts, the answer to this question/topic depends on where or when we are discussing.

For example, a behavior (flower arrangement) that is masculine in one culture/era (feudal Japan) could qualify as feminine in another culture/era (1040's Texas), and be ambiguous/irrelevant in another culture/era (2017 Texas).

Since we negotiate our identities with the rest of society, there must be some agreement/cooperation between the individual and the other members of society on the question of gender. That is why this topic is so important to some people (both strict and liberal), even though they are cisgendered/ traditionally gendered (masculine males and feminine females).

Certainly there are some societies where the gender roles are rigidly tied to sex, such as conservative Muslim societies. This is likely to correspond to how rigid the division of labor is. If tasks are universally categorized as being the province of men or women (sex) then the society has an interest in strict gender roles to ensure all tasks are completed. This means, generally, that there are only two genders in that society.

By the same token, the less rigid the division of labor, the less important gender is, because people can negotiate for what tasks they want within the social group. There is no need for automatic labor assignments (as happens with strict gender roles) so in these societies, there can be multiple genders without it having any actual impact on family/group/society function..

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There's just two. There's mine, and then there's whomever I choose to have sex with.

By the way, that means all of you whom I don't choose to have sex with have no gender at all. Deal with it.

EldonG(530) Disputed
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I sense a problem here - I'm male. I extrapolate that seeing as I have gender, that must mean that you want sex with me...and frankly, after thinking about it, I have a headache. :p

Grenache(6053) Clarified
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You can relax. Because in my scenario you'd just have no gender at all.

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There are only 2 genders; male and female. Intersex does not count as that is a biological defect. There are only 2. I have spoken Biological Universal Facts.

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Firstly, I am a biological male. I have a biological female counterpart who happens to be my girlfriend. Invalidated alternate alts of retards will be silenced and annihilated by my words of absolute truth. Again, no, there are only 2 genders biologically. Biology proves this 100 percent. Those who are attempting to alternate biological facts will find themselves destroyed by the truth and only the truth. I will continue to denounce all lies from the extremist retardation movement of hypocrites, snowflakes and criminally mentally insane. XY Chromosomes proves an infant and/or growing individual human being is male. XX proves that individual is female. You are either born male or female. Your mom gives an X sex chromosome. Your dad gives a Y chromosome or an X chromosome. Now, intersex is often confused as a third sex category. Those who say it is are inefficient and confused. They are not professionals, they are ignorant and sometimes, very sensitive to the truth. Whatsoever, "non binary" and such does not exist. Gender is absolutely binary and I have spoken absolute objective truths. I will continue the March of Truth and silence retards such as "sciencerules" and other retards along the way because they have no truth within them, only their subjective intoxicating narrative. Now, science is indeed all about facts. Snowflakes such as the Lgbtpedo cult always use their self-victimizing, prideful and lust-for-power envious self-entitlement to silence those who speak the truth. I will silence all who act this way and they will die on a hill over infinite times. There will be no leniency. Tough love will humble them, chastise them and silence them 100 percent. My words are absolute and accurate to the core.

There are only 2 genders. Batman is a biological male and Wonder Woman is a biological female. Those are biological facts.

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There are only 2 genders; male and female. Gender/sex cannot be changed. Both are co-related in Biology itself. "Transgenderism" is insane and will be banned across the world. All snowflakes who go against the gender binary will be denounced, denounced, lectured, banned, re-lectured, denounced and annihilated by eternal truths.

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Today´s society strongly upholds the belief of gender being a social construct by other societies instead of a biological trait. Countries such as Sweden and Finland are leaders in the promotion of such a belief, supporting not only transgender rights but also the existence of other genders besides the ¨traditional¨ male and female, terms like ¨non-binary¨ and ¨gender fluid¨, the state of a being not having a gender.

Well, there certainly aren't 63+ genders and sex/gender does, rather obviously, have a biological basis. Whether there is potentially more than the traditional "male" and "female" (in which transgender people could psychologically identify with the opposite gender more than their biological sex), it could potentially be true that for an extreme minority of people, for some biological reasons, they do not psychologically identify with either major gender (or their biological sex). However, this does not mean that gender is a very "fluid" domain. Now, gender roles are more of a social construct that have been influenced by biological underpinnings and are open to revision.

EldonG(530) Clarified
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I don't specifically mind the concept, but I'll point out that I like solid definitions, and I don't have one. I understand and feel for those that are truly trans, but that still implies only two genders. I get fluid and unusual sexualities, but that doesn't require more genders.

What is a third gender? A fourth? Etc?

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I don't specifically mind the concept, but I'll point out that I like solid definitions, and I don't have one. I understand and feel for those that are truly trans, but that still implies only two genders. I get fluid and unusual sexualities, but that doesn't require more genders.

Right. Transgender is a separate matter because they psychologically identify with one of the two genders M or F for which their biological sex is the opposite. That does have a biological basis. Sexuality is a separate issue also because it is still in the "binary" domain. I'm not sure what it would mean either for their to be a third gender, although I think it is conceivable that there could be biological reasons for there to be an extreme minority of people that could be associated as "non-binary" from a psychological standpoint. Talk 63+ genders is an absurdity. Moreover, I think that this is making things more difficult on transgendered people who get grouped in with that kind of nonsense.

Did you hear about Canada making the "correct" use of gender pronouns a legal matter?

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There are more than two genders but they arent natural genders they are not natural they just aremixed up human beans

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In other words, a mental illness. Therefore, there are only 2 genders that are naturally co-related to the biological sexes. The other ones do not exist and will never exist. All non binary is officially banned and denounced.

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Self-destructive snowflakes will destroy themselves in their weak strawman arguments. Their hypocrisy will destroy them entirely. They have already lose, are losing and will continue to lose. While the gender binary folk; males and females of all ages, sizes, who are all naturally heterosexual will live in peace. God indeed will prevail!

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