Zach B. Hancock | Is Biological Sex A Simple Binary? @talkpopgen | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Richard Dawkins recently appeared on Fox News and told Piers Morgan that biological sex is a simple binary based on gametes. In this video, we discuss biological sex, challenging his simple definition and propose that intersexuality is a reality. Further, I show that statements such as Dawkins' have actual political and social consequences for human health.
Resources for further reading:
Ainsworth, C (2015) Sex redefined. Nature, 518: 288-291. nature.com/articles/518288a.
Zeeman, L & Aranda K (2020) A systematic review of the health and healthcare inequalities for people with intersex variance. International Journal of Enivronmental and Public Health, 17(18): 6533. mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/18/6533.
Arboleda VA, Sandberg DE, Vilain E (2014) DSDs: genetics, underlying pathologies, and psychosexual differentiation. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 10: 603-615. nature.com/articles/nrendo.2014.130.
Intersex Society of America: isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex/.
Richard Dawkins recently appeared on Fox News and told Piers Morgan that biological sex is a simple binary based on gametes. In this video, we discuss biological sex, challenging his simple definition and propose that intersexuality is a reality. Further, I show that statements such as Dawkins' have actual political and social consequences for human health.
Resources for further reading:
Ainsworth, C (2015) Sex redefined. Nature, 518: 288-291. nature.com/articles/518288a.
Zeeman, L & Aranda K (2020) A systematic review of the health and healthcare inequalities for people with intersex variance. International Journal of Enivronmental and Public Health, 17(18): 6533. mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/18/6533.
Arboleda VA, Sandberg DE, Vilain E (2014) DSDs: genetics, underlying pathologies, and psychosexual differentiation. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 10: 603-615. nature.com/articles/nrendo.2014.130.
Intersex Society of America: isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex/.
