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Re:Neuroscience Prof Removed from APA Discussion for Saying ... by mgamache on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:37AM (#27162416)
Too funny, actually there is a Z chromosome used in sex determination (W & Z are counterparts to X & Y in birds). Also, sex is not determined strictly by genes it's determined by gamete size. And yes there are two sexes and gender is not binary, but it is by bimodal with significant overlap.

https://open.lib.umn.edu/evolutionbiology/chapter/7-4-sex-it...

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Re:Neuroscience Prof Removed from APA Discussion for Saying ... by young_unixer on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:04AM (#27163080)
> and gender is not binary, but it is by bimodal with significant overlap.

What's your definition of gender?

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Re:Neuroscience Prof Removed from APA Discussion for Saying ... by mgamache on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:36AM (#27166149)
It's what we might otherwise call sex roles:

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1500983

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