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minus-squarepowerstruggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·3 days agoTheir bodies are still organized around the production of one or the other of two gamete sizes, even if they don’t produce any
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoExcept when they’re not. At which point your binary classification* system has more than two classifications it can make, making it definitionally not binary.
minus-squarepowerstruggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoNobody’s body is organized around the production of no gametes.
Their bodies are still organized around the production of one or the other of two gamete sizes, even if they don’t produce any
Except when they’re not. At which point your binary classification* system has more than two classifications it can make, making it definitionally not binary.
Nobody’s body is organized around the production of no gametes.