Not really

They are about as common as having red hair

but sure I'll concede the point that intersex is a third sex if you want to put it that way

According to the world health organization*

but it is not down to personal opinion and what they feel like

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There are also people with more x chromosomes

The only way to truly tell what your sex is is to get it checked

Chromosome examination

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something like 0.5-1.5% are born intersex iirc

Many people have XXY and dont even know their entire lives

is that all you're arguing?

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That would mean 117,000-351,000 people on the planet

Still a lot

Just saying that gender is a social construct and not just a set "guy or girl" type thing

gender dysphoria is/was a mental disorder

just because you believe something to be true doesn't make it true

no sure there is intersex

That is exacrly the point. They didn't care bc it didn't affect them. Gender only became popular in the early modern era

Not saying it does. Im saying gender is a spectrum

why would you give trans people hormones if biological realities don't alter behaviour and personality.

it's because they do

Thats not what this is about tho-

I'm not saying biology is everything because it certainly isn't

I am talking about the mental aspect of it

Gender is an identity

A concept

but you can't reduce gender to a social construct is jus

the terms gender and sex were interchangable for the longest time

Only in english

in many jurisdictions they're interchangeable

Most indo-european languages don't have a difference

Because of culture

But I won't explain that unless you ask

europeans did not see gender as a social construct no

Not invalidating gender. Just saying that gender did exist in European society; it just was not relevant

I never said gender was not real

Just that it was invented as a form of identity

Thats the problem