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Breaking Through Our Binary Perception Of Human Gender

Mapping the complexity of determining factors in human gender beyond XX and XY.

Breaking Through Our Binary Perception Of Human Gender
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A strict gender binary is a societal construct, not a biological one. Numerous societies recognize gender beyond a binary. Some recognize as many as seven. Now science is shedding more light on the concept that supports gender as a spectrum instead of two sides of a coin.

In the dominant society labeling as a "boy" or "girl" begins before we're even born. But with all of the factors that contribute to gender, such simplistic labels may some day become obsolete.

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