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[–]dicknipples 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes - they are normally identified as male at birth, unless for some reason surgery to remove the twig & berries is arranged early on, in cases where the child is considered more female than male in a wealthy country that can offer that surgery (eg. examples in the US).

Chromosomal differences aren't the only factors to consider. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia causes developments across the Prader scale and/or Quigley scale. It's why you'd want to keep your Phall-O-Meter nearby when determining a baby's sex. (It's a joke, but hopefully you get my meaning.)

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Yes, thats true, chromosomal sex can be a mismatch with the sexual development of genitals. I suppose I can accept this definition of intersex: having intersex characteristics, i.e. male genital expression or elevated testosterone without the male chromosome or vice versa. We still can't consider them women for purposes of fairness in sports if they have elevated Testosterone, and women have an expectation of no penises in the ladies room, even if they chromosomally are female, so yeah I see the value of this category

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

In my view all intersex people should compete only with similar intersex people in sports, in the same manner that differently abled people compete with one another in the special olympics. There are too many cases where women have worked all their lives to compete at the highest levels only to lose to intersex men. It's so unfair and unethical, I am surprised and disgusted that anyone supported it. The concerns of a few intersex men who are somehow also women do not outweigh the rights of the entire field of women.