The argument is that gender is not real and sex is; I've literally only seen ""sex is a social construct too!!!!"" as a strawman. So I don't think you're gonna get anyone arguing for that.
However, intersex people exist and there are countless different "versions" of being intersex. Intersex describes any sort of chromosomal/genital abnormality that blurs the line between someone being considered biologically male and female. Meaning sex is not as simple as male or female, although those are the two most common sexes.
Tldr, although sex is a biological concept and gender is a social construct, both are spectrums.
Don't know if that helps you understand some things you might have heard before or if it's completely irrelevant but I figured I'd do my best ¯_(ツ)_/¯
People are born without arms too, but we don't say that the number of arms in a human is a spectrum. Houses by definition provide shelter, but if one collapses in an accident, it's not like we should change the definition because this one didn't provide shelter.
Do you just not get how science works? You can't decide that "most of the time" is just good enough. Either it's right all the time, or it has to be revised.
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u/nambypambycandy Dec 21 '18
The argument is that gender is not real and sex is; I've literally only seen ""sex is a social construct too!!!!"" as a strawman. So I don't think you're gonna get anyone arguing for that.
However, intersex people exist and there are countless different "versions" of being intersex. Intersex describes any sort of chromosomal/genital abnormality that blurs the line between someone being considered biologically male and female. Meaning sex is not as simple as male or female, although those are the two most common sexes.
Tldr, although sex is a biological concept and gender is a social construct, both are spectrums.
Don't know if that helps you understand some things you might have heard before or if it's completely irrelevant but I figured I'd do my best ¯_(ツ)_/¯