And the FACTS of the matter are that reputable biological journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries -- even popular dictionaries like Oxford Languages -- DEFINE the categories such that functional gonads are the …
And the FACTS of the matter are that reputable biological journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries -- even popular dictionaries like Oxford Languages -- DEFINE the categories such that functional gonads are the "necessary and sufficient conditions" to qualify as male or female.
Swyer people with their absent or non-functional ovaries are simply sexless. You might note Dawkins' rather bogus -- and quite intellectually dishonest -- suggestion or "argument" that "sexless" is tantamount to saying they're no longer human:
> "In my opinion, they are female."
🙄 "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/daniel_patrick_moynihan_182347
And the FACTS of the matter are that reputable biological journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries -- even popular dictionaries like Oxford Languages -- DEFINE the categories such that functional gonads are the "necessary and sufficient conditions" to qualify as male or female.
Swyer people with their absent or non-functional ovaries are simply sexless. You might note Dawkins' rather bogus -- and quite intellectually dishonest -- suggestion or "argument" that "sexless" is tantamount to saying they're no longer human:
https://richarddawkins.substack.com/p/the-delegates-tale/comment/66201412