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by 47282847 501 days ago
There are three biological sexes: male, female, and inter. The latter is rare but exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

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Yep, a good reminder that fixed natural categories are another thing that we like to invent (and when we feel it necessary, impose by force), where they seldom exist in reality.
2% of the world population doesn't sound like a lot, but you're still talking about 150 million people or half the population of the USA