GC: A female produces eggs and a male produces sperm, so why aren't pre-pubescent kids sexless? And Why are penis, testes, etc male and why are vagina, clitoris, uterus, ovaries, etc female? Why can't penis, testes, etc be female and why can't vagina, clitoris, uterus, ovaries, etc be male instead?

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[–]AllInOne[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, which is why I asked;

I get girls are born with all the eggs they will ever have, but boys are a different story right? Pre-pubescent boys don't produce sperm and don't have sperm so how are they boys/males?

[–]BenderRodriguez 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Because they have male reproductive systems that are simply undeveloped? Also since our species is sexually dimorphic, if you agree that we have one class of people that are born with eggs and are therefore female from birth and constitute a given sex, then you must conclude that people with the other type of reproductive system much be of the other sex.

[–]AllInOne[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is it possible to give an analogy for this so I can understand better? I can understand better with analogies, but only if you have the time to do that of course. Btw I remember your name from either GC guys or GCdebatesQT subreddit, I'm happy to see familiar people here!

[–]BenderRodriguez 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks I'm glad to see lots of old faces here too.

So here's an analogy:

If you're a dairy farmer and your cows have just given birth to baby calves, how do you know which calves are going to grow up to be the ones to produce milk and which ones are going to be the calves that grow up to inseminate the other calves?

[–]AllInOne[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks for the analogy! So from what I understand given your analogy, the potential to produce eggs makes a baby calf female and the potential to produce sperm makes a baby calf male, did I get it correctly?

[–]BenderRodriguez 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In short, yes. The fact that their potentials are opposite comes directly from the fact that they are of two different sexes. If calves were sexless until they became adults, there'd be no way of knowing at all which calves would grow up to be able to perform whichever reproductive role. The fact that you can easily tell simply by examining their physical bodies means that they're of different sexes, even as juveniles.