Re:Ask HN: What Is a Woman?
by thesuperbigfrog on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:11PM
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There is also Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitivity_syndrom...
In Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome affected individuals have XY sex chromosomes but appear female because their body does not respond to naturally occurring male hormones.
Re:Ask HN: What Is a Woman?
by yetanother4968 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:46PM
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The sex of an organism
is defined by the type of gamete an organism produces (or will produce, or used to produce, or would produce if it was healthy, etc.) If an organism produces relatively large gametes that don’t move much, if at all (i.e eggs), it is female. If it produces small motile gametes (i.e. sperm) it is male. This holds true for all animals and plants that reproduce sexually, as it is the basic biological distinction between the sexes.
Chromosomes themselves aren’t sex, and only some animals’ sexes are “programmed” by their chromosomes. For example, alligator embryos’ (future) sex is determined by their incubation temperature.
People with Klinefelter syndrome are male because they have testicles, underdeveloped as they may be.
Edit: typos
But science knows better, as will you, after reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome, which says:
“Klinefelter syndrome (KS), also known as 47,XXY, is a syndrome where a male has an additional copy of the X chromosome. The primary features are infertility and small, poorly functioning testicles. Often, symptoms are subtle and subjects do not realize they are affected.”