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Don’t You Know Who I Am?

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[–] UserDoesNotExist@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (46 children)

Is he mixing up people with 3 gonosomes?

Because these are not too rare. It’s one of the more frequent mutations.

But even a person with XXY is a male. Since the male gonosome is considered as a mutation of an X chromosome. Somewhere in the evolution of mammals and other vertebrates (or most likely much earlier) something messed up and created the Y chromosome from an X chromosome. That’s why genetic diseases are usually more frequent in males, since one branch of the X chromosome does not have some backup. It’s simply missing.

So whenever a person has one Y chromosome. It is considered male. The lack of a Y chromosome is considered a female.

This can also be seen in people with genetic disorders, such as three gonosomes. XXX is a female XYY is a male XXY is also a male.

And to everyone’s information: I am for Germany and we do not have two words for sex and gender.

I don’t understand what you English speakers are up to.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are talking about things like Androgen Insensitively Syndrome where XY people are born with female anatomy. This is because the chromosome dosen't determine gentials but rather the hormones that chromesome creates. In the case of Androgen Insensitivity the body dosen't respond to male hormones so develops female gentials despite having male chromesomes because female is the default. Weiredly enough though the gonads are still male.

Could also be refering to Swayer syndrome.

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