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Earthborn · 5th December 2021, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by d4m10n

I've seen the Quigley scale^WP and that convinces me that genital morphology is indeed a spectrum,

Which is what people mean when they say that "sex is a spectrum".

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but I tend to think of sex as an evolutionary adaptation which facilitates reproduction of individuals.

When some claim that "sex is a spectrum" they are referring to the sex of an individual, not the concept of sexual reproduction in a species.

5th December 2021, 01:36 PM	#16
Earthborn Terrestrial Intelligence Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Terra Firma Posts: 6,451	Originally Posted by d4m10n I've seen the Quigley scale^WP and that convinces me that genital morphology is indeed a spectrum, Which is what people mean when they say that "sex is a spectrum". Quote: but I tend to think of sex as an evolutionary adaptation which facilitates reproduction of individuals. When some claim that "sex is a spectrum" they are referring to the sex of an individual, not the concept of sexual reproduction in a species.
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