Comment by dragonwriter
5 years ago
> > or even any serious scholar (in any field) arguing that there is no biological basis for sex?
> Sadly this is a thing:
Neither of the things your point to argue that.
They do argue that biological sex is not simple or binary, but that's very different from “there is no biological basis for sex”.
> It's a motte-and-bailey argument going from "a small percentage of people don't neatly fall into either the male or female category" to "the concept of biological sex is meaningless and the only relevant factor is a person's self-identification".
Except it's not; another thing neither of the sources you point to argues is that the various biological sex features don't matter: each of them matters; where they matter differs.
Unless, of course, by “matter” you mean specifically “provide an excuse to base socially ascribed gender on something other than gender identity”, in which case, sure, but it's hardly a motte-and-bailey argument, then.
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