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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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 10 months ago
But some produce neither.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Nobody has a body organized around producing no gametes
mech@feddit.org 10 months 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 10 months ago
There is no “who”, it’s the process of evolution over billions of years. Our bodies aren’t blank slates.
Duranie@leminal.space 10 months 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 10 months 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.