GC: Scientists say sex is a spectrum, even an illusory man-made social construct

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[–]kwallio 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You are drawing inferences where no inferences should be made. The fact that some bees have haploid males doesn't mean anything except there are some bee species that have haploid male bees. That you can manipulate two sperm in a lab to do something doesn't mean anything except that - not that there is no difference between a sperm and an egg because there are very real differences between sperm and egg. Focusing on one tiny fact while ignoring 20 facts that run counter to your argument is not a way to get anyone's respect especially when you are arguing about science when you clearly have zero background in it.

[–]Fastandthecurious[S] 2 insightful - 6 fun2 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

"Sperm" and "egg" are categories we give two cells because they are the only ones that can create a zygote. If it were the case that two "sperm" or two "eggs" can create a zygote too, then the "differences" between a "sperm" and "egg" would be arbitrary and could exist between two "sperm" or two "eggs", because two "sperm" or two "egg" could do the exact same thing a "sperm" and "egg" do.

And that would also mean there is no "male" or "female" if it was discovered two "sperm" or two "eggs" could create a zygote.

[–]kwallio 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know what else to say except look up what a sperm is and look up what an egg is and then say the differences are arbitrary.

[–]Fastandthecurious[S] 1 insightful - 5 fun1 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Not saying there are no differences between sperm and egg ... all I'm saying is the differences exist because only sperm and egg can fuse and create a zygote. If it were the case that two sperm or two eggs could fuse and create a zygote too, then it would mean the differences between sperm and egg are arbitrary and could as easily occur between two eggs or two sperm.