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[–]MarkTwainiac 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I dunno what you mean by "considered by the medical establishment to be male if they're being assigned a binary sex." Most individuals with CAIS are raised as though they were female, but in medical records/charts and when seen and treated in health care settings it's important for clinicians to know and keep in mind the full picture in order to provide the patients with proper care and support. Also, age at diagnosis plays a role. Lots of cases of CAIS traditionally weren't "caught" until adolescence, but nowadays more and more cases are diagnosed at in utero, shortly after birth or in early life.

https://www.issm.info/sexual-health-qa/what-is-complete-androgen-insensitivity-syndrome-cais/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60071-3/fulltext

BTW, I've read of at least one medical case report of someone with CAIS who was raised as a girl but adopted a male "gender identity" in adolescence and became a transman, including getting a phalloplasty.

[–]HeimdeklediROAR 1 insightful - 7 fun1 insightful - 6 fun2 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 children)

Yes I’m aware sex is a spectrum I was just giving you the usual “binary” answer to the question

[–]MarkTwainiac 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

CAIS actually gives more credence to the fact that sex is binary than a spectrum. Also, I thought your view is that sex is a matrix. Or am confusing you with someone else? If I am, apologies.

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

Heimdekledi was who talked about the sex matrix, and Heim have yet to tell us how this matix looks like.