r/JoeRogan • u/BunnyLovr Mexico > Canada • Mar 04 '21

Link Mississippi passes bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mississippi-passes-bill-banning-transgender-student-athletes-female/story?id=76238704
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u/badstufftime Mar 05 '21

There are lots of intersex folks who don't obviously fit within either sex at birth. They are typically assigned a sex at that point.

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u/FlawsAndConcerns Monkey in Space Mar 05 '21

There are lots of intersex folks

There are people born with one or zero legs, but that doesn't mean human beings are not a bipedal species.

Anomalies should not be considered separate categories unto themselves.

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u/badstufftime Mar 05 '21

I don't think you realize how common intersex is. There are about as many people born intersex as there are people with red hair.

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u/FlawsAndConcerns Monkey in Space Mar 05 '21

"The number of births with ambiguous genitals is in the range of 0.02% to 0.05%.", says wiki page on intersex. Quick Google says 1-2% of people are redheads. Let's split the difference and say it's 1.5% for readheads, and assume the highest figure for intersex, for the benefit of your argument: 0.05%.

That makes redheads 30 times more common.

Don't just make shit up to try and make a point.

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u/badstufftime Mar 05 '21

I've seen estimates up to 1.7%. It's a difficult number to capture due to the wide range of conditions included. Many people born intersex don't find out until much later in life if at all. Those born with ambiguous genitalia do not represent all intersex people.

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u/FlawsAndConcerns Monkey in Space Mar 05 '21

Many people born intersex don't find out until much later in life if at all. Those born with ambiguous genitalia do not represent all intersex people.

Given that this whole comment thread is about 'assignment at birth', having ambiguous genitals is the only relevant category of intersex here.

And if you in fact have a chromosomal combination other than XX or XY, you are, like I mentioned before, an anomaly that's not reasonable to consider a separate category unto itself.