Can there be more than two genders? (Based on what we know and

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>>8799820
get out of /sci/

>>8799831
You'll never get rid of me

No. Reminder that psychology is not a scientific field and it's full of bullshit like this.

>>8799820
Sure.
Genders fulfill a social function within a society, usually related to the reproductive cycle of the organisms that make it up.
Why, have you recognized some new gender role in humans that has yet to be recognized? Or are you just trying to be a special snowflake?

>>8799820
Gender and race doesn't exist, im a transgender transracial attack helicopter.
SOI SOI SOI

If we genetically engineer ourselves to require more than two different genders for reproduction, then yes.

Actually it is reasonable to question the duality of sex, for example when talking about disorders of sex development.

But people here is as closed to debate as blue-haired people claiming they are pentasexual so why bother

>>8800118
Sex and gender are different things, anon.

>>8800092
There are other societies that have different genders that play a different role in society (for instance some have a special gender associated to people who raise groups of children and have their own social norms including mannerisms, dress style, social circles, etc...).

In general what is happening in the west is that people are beginning to question the gender system. So you get three groups of people
>Those who believe that genders are an important part of society but don't believe they should be tied to sex.
>Those who believe genders are an expression of human culture and decide to expire l explore lifestyles in new genders or mixes of existing genders.
>Those who disagree that genders are a real thing in the first place. These people believe that such social norms should be broken as they're really just used to shackle the public.

>>8800144
Nah, gender is just another word for sex.

>>8800144
Im used to using them interchangeably in my lenguage

Forgive me anon senpai

>>8800164
>Thinks biologists ask for gender when performing studies.
You are a retard.

>>8800172
That's because gender is an informal/colloquial term.

>>8800144
Social norms formed by cultural expectations do not influence genders, they influence the expected behavior of member within that culture based of of their age, sex (same as gender), race, wealth and social class. These expected behaviors could be in the form of gender roles, but that does not mean that genders change over time or that there are different genders seen in different cultures and societies. Gender and sex both refer to the category of one's genitals and predispositions caused by having XX or XY chromosones, such as specific hormone production, presence of prostate or mamory glands, etc. The existence of people with strong desires to be the opposite gender is the result of hormonal and psychological disorders, not the existence of more classifications of sex/gender.

>>8800195
OK
What if a person is has a XY chromosome pair, but is insensitive to testosterone.
At all effects it will look like a woman, the genitals will look like those of a woman at first glance, but still has testes.

What is that person according to your binary absolute definition?

What we see as gender is the result of a complex process, of which the chromosome pair is just a part. Shit can get weird at many steps of the sex development.

>>8800195
Wrong in a very brittle way. Gender is a component of ones identity and perceived role in society. You can't completely ignore all the social norms associated with being a man and still expect others to identify you as one.

>>8800176
No, because biologists are interested in biology. Social scientists ask for gender and at times both gender and sex.

>>8800212
Ever hear of pcos? It's kind of the opposite of what you described: XX but produces more testosterone than a "normal" female. Their health isn't great in general, especially unmedicated, and I'd bet your proposal would be a massive fuck up medically, probably wouldn't live past 20. Point being, women with pcos are still women, like it or not.

>>8800229
PCOS is not a disorder of sex development.
It can masculinize a female patient, but when it onsets the primary sexual characteristics are already defined.

Incorrect analogy

>>8799820
No

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>>8799847
This would be classified as sociology

>>8799820
Pigeon-hole theory. If more than two genders exist, but there are only two genders, one of them must have both genders.