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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
But some produce neither.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Nobody has a body organized around producing no gametes
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
There is no “who”, it’s the process of evolution over billions of years. Our bodies aren’t blank slates.
Duranie@leminal.space 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.