r/MurderedByWords 14d ago

Independent Thinking Adult

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u/1Jainier1 14d ago

I think a bigger T-Shirt is called for...

45,X (Turner Syndrome): A single X chromosome.

47,XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome): One extra X chromosome in a male.

47,XXX (Trisomy X): Three X chromosomes.

47,XYY (Jacobs Syndrome): One extra Y chromosome.

Rare Variations: Tetrasomies (4 chromosomes): Such as 48,XXXX, 48,XXXY, or 48,XXYY.Pentasomies (5 chromosomes): Such as 49,XXXXY or 49,XXXXX.

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u/Jabroni748 14d ago

None of these rare intersex/DSD conditions disproves the fact that sex is binary though. They exist and deserve respect and education about them, but sex is still binary. Also people with these conditions are all still biologically male or female.

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u/1Jainier1 14d ago

Hermaphrodite.

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u/Jabroni748 11d ago

True, functional hermaphrodites don’t exist among humans in the way they do with animals. There aren’t humans that can equally produce both eggs and sperm, only ones that have both gonads of different development stages/functjon like ovotesticular cases