If sensible names for body parts (almost) all humans have disturb you, please leave now.
Ok, with that over, how do you define a man or a woman.
Can you go by if they have a penis or vagina? If so, what about those with both/neither/half and half?
Can you go by the genes? XX or XY, but what about all the other combinations (or lack there of)? Or when other genes mess with the development of the baby, such as a female with XY genes, but who is immune to a key hormone with is useful in developing a penis and plumbing?
And then we can go take a look at their brains.
Or their gender identity.
Or the double DNA. This is a fun one, you have two non-identical twins who early on in gestation get combined into one individual with two sets of DNA, and as such could have a fully function (if not for the lack of space due to having both) male and female genitals. Actually, cases of this are so rare I would contend it is possible for there to be one who has both genitalia and can reproduce with either a male or female partner. A case I have seen has one half of the body male and the other half female, straight down the middle.
And now why (some of) you should care about it. If a person with xy genes but a vagina 'weds' and has sex with a person with xx genes and a vagina, is that homosexuality or heterosexuality?
What happens if it is a male that the first weds and beds.
And with the double DNA, should they marry a 'standard' 'male' or 'female'?
I will say that assuming gender at first (or second) glance is something of a necessity because the majority of people we don't have enough time to get into the details enough to find out if calling her a her or him a him is in fact correct. But in cases concerning sex partners, much less marriage partners, we should be able to invest enough time to solve this, if only we knew how. So how do you purpose to solve this?
Ok, with that over, how do you define a man or a woman.
Can you go by if they have a penis or vagina? If so, what about those with both/neither/half and half?
Can you go by the genes? XX or XY, but what about all the other combinations (or lack there of)? Or when other genes mess with the development of the baby, such as a female with XY genes, but who is immune to a key hormone with is useful in developing a penis and plumbing?
And then we can go take a look at their brains.
Or their gender identity.
Or the double DNA. This is a fun one, you have two non-identical twins who early on in gestation get combined into one individual with two sets of DNA, and as such could have a fully function (if not for the lack of space due to having both) male and female genitals. Actually, cases of this are so rare I would contend it is possible for there to be one who has both genitalia and can reproduce with either a male or female partner. A case I have seen has one half of the body male and the other half female, straight down the middle.
And now why (some of) you should care about it. If a person with xy genes but a vagina 'weds' and has sex with a person with xx genes and a vagina, is that homosexuality or heterosexuality?
What happens if it is a male that the first weds and beds.
And with the double DNA, should they marry a 'standard' 'male' or 'female'?
I will say that assuming gender at first (or second) glance is something of a necessity because the majority of people we don't have enough time to get into the details enough to find out if calling her a her or him a him is in fact correct. But in cases concerning sex partners, much less marriage partners, we should be able to invest enough time to solve this, if only we knew how. So how do you purpose to solve this?