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[–]Vulptex 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Intersex isn't a third sex. It's a combination of the two sexes.

[–]dicknipples 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

In terms of legal categories of sexes, intersex is a third sex, sometimes referred to more broadly as a third gender (which would include more than intersex people). Some countries use a wider umbrella for this as 'non-binary'. Nations that recognize this 3rd sex category of intersex (AKA perhaps for political reasons, third gender or non-binary which might not be intersex in many cases): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_non-binary_gender

[–]Vulptex 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

That's silly. Intersex is by definition a mix of male and female. And it's much too diverse to be considered a single sex. It may be different if every case of intersex was the same, but it's not. Intersex does not have a particular set of characteristics like male and female do. It is a mashup of those two.

[–]dicknipples 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

by definition a mix of male and female.

Hence it is sometimes difficult to determe if it's predominantly one sex or the other, and therefore called intersex. One of the reasons is related to my response to HKP re. congenital adrenal hyperplasia: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/al91/thank_you_saidit/11ok5

[–]Vulptex 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Intersex means it's unclassified. An "unclassified" animal does not create a new species called unclassified. Rather "unclassified" denotes the lack of a classification. Intersex is just a catch-all term, not a specific sex like male and female.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd like to be extrasexed.

[–]dicknipples 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems so