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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 17 hours agoYou’re probably thinking of variations within a sex, such as XXY. They still have bodies organized around producing one of two gamete sizes. Nobody produces a third size of gamete
mech@feddit.org 17 hours ago
But some produce neither.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Nobody has a body organized around producing no gametes
mech@feddit.org 17 hours ago
What does this even mean?
Who “organizes” bodies?
If a body can’t and never could produce gametes, what makes it “organized” to do so anyway?
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
There is no “who”, it’s the process of evolution over billions of years. Our bodies aren’t blank slates.
Duranie@leminal.space 13 hours ago
My niece has Turner’s syndrome. She had to learn to give herself hormone shots to grow and develop as others normally would during puberty, but due to very underdeveloped ovaries is incapable of producing gametes. How does she fit in?
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Turner’s syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that only affects females. Her body is organized around the production of the larger of two gamete sizes.