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Re:CDC orders mass retraction of research across all science... by brigandish on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:43PM (#42925034)
No, there cannot be a hermaphrodatic human because of the genetics, as only one reproductive strategy can be chosen even when there is a disorder.

Find me the third type of gamete and you’ll have a point.

Edit: I’ll add, traits are a bimodal distribution, sex is binary (because of all I’ve outlined here). If you believe that traits define sex then you are sorely mistaken (see 3rd gamete for why).

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Re:CDC orders mass retraction of research across all science... by defrost on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:21PM (#42925455)
True hermaphroditism: Geographical distribution, clinical findings, chromosomes and gonadal histology

European Journal of Pediatrics, 1994

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02000779

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Re:CDC orders mass retraction of research across all science... by brigandish on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:24AM (#42929211)
Dealt with here[1] but I'm more than willing to post the quote again:

> In the past, ovotesticular syndrome was referred to as true hermaphroditism, which is considered outdated as of 2006. The term "true hermaphroditism" was considered very misleading by many medical organizations and by many advocacy groups, as hermaphroditism refers to a species that produces both sperm and ova, something that is impossible in humans.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42929198

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