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[–]Archie 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The youtube comment is mistaken: sex is defined entirely and uniquely by gametes. That's what determines if you're male or female. This is why sex is binary. The rest are either causes (chromosomes, genes) or consequences (secondary sexual characteristics) of being of one sex, not a part of the definition of sex.

Many genetic diseases can lead to nonfunctioning reproductive organs or organs with anormal aspect: those do not define a third sex. Those diseases do not lead to a new type of gamete. In fact, most intersex are sterile. The word "intersex" would make sense as an alternative on ID cards, though. But would all of them want their disability exposed like this?

I expect TRAs to answer this "so sterile women have no sex?". Sterile women would have produced functioning ovocytes if they did not have [specific condition], so they're women. No, being of the opposite sex is not a condition.