#ALEXthinks (19) only in English; перевод на русский язык сложнее, чем на английский, я не возьмусь за него сейчас In my opinion, the conventional understanding of sex is too confident and simplistic. I believe that humans do not fully comprehend what sex genuinely is.
I think that the dichotomy of man and woman as the definition of sex is inadequate to represent the reality of the concept. Thus, considering sex as a spectrum may be more helpful. We could define sex as a number between 0 and 1, as scientists prefer numbers to facilitate scientific and statistical analysis, furthering scientific advancement.
We could choose 0 to represent abstract 100% male and 1 to represent abstract 100% female. Fractional numbers between 0 and 1 would then represent sexes between male and female, with 0.5 representing an abstract 100% intersex.
Instead of using the terms male and female, every person could have a sex defined as a number, which could be included in their passport, such as a person with a sex of 0.23. In this case, the person would be mostly male but not entirely so. Similarly, a person with a sex of 0.91 would be almost entirely female but not completely so.
There should be more than one number, though. Besides the average number, there should also be a margin of error or mathematical deviation. Since sex must be measured, every measurement will have an error associated with it.
For example, one person could have a sex of 0.12 ± 0.04, indicating a small degree of uncertainty about their sex. In other words, the person's sex could be somewhere in the range between 0.08 and 0.16. We can be reasonably confident (with a certain degree of statistical significance, for example) that their sex falls within this range, but we cannot provide a more exact number with the available measurements.
Another person could have a sex with a much higher degree of uncertainty, such as 0.33 ± 0.16. In other words, their sex ranges between 0.17 and 0.49, somewhere between male and intersex. We cannot determine their sex with greater accuracy given the available measurements.
The sex number can become even more complex if we calculate it as a combination of four numbers (and deviations) representing (1) first, (2) secondary, (3) tertiary sex characteristics, and (4) gender.
For instance, a person with a penis of an average size might have a number for their first sex characteristics of 0.03 ± 0.01, which is mostly male. The number for their secondary sex characteristics could be more uncertain. For example, if a person with a penis has large hips, small shoulders, and a high-pitched voice, their number for secondary sex characteristics might be 0.35 ± 0.2, closer to intersex than male. The number for their tertiary sex characteristics could be even more challenging to measure precisely, such as 0.40 ± 0.12. Finally, if the person identifies as gender fluid, tending to feel more like a woman but very uncertainly, the number for gender could be 0.67 ± 0.31.
If we combine all four numbers, we obtain an average number that tentatively defines the person's sex as 0.36 ± 0.16. This example clearly demonstrates that spectral sex is much more complex than the traditional definition of sex as the dichotomy of male and female. The sex number 0.36 ± 0.16 indicates that the person is closer to male than female but still closer to intersex than male. The level of uncertainty surrounding this number is very high, ranging from 0.20, where the person is mostly male, to 0.52, where the person is quite clearly intersex.
In general, my point is that sex is a complex concept, and even when attempting to simplify it by creating a number, we cannot make it easy. Therefore, it is inappropriate, in my humble opinion, to reduce sex to the dichotomy of male and female. A spectrum would be more appropriate.
That being said, there are numerous issues associated with assigning a number to sex, which I will not discuss at the moment. Moreover, I am uncertain if it is advisable to derive a number from gender and include it in the equation for sex.
Additionally, it may be better to abandon the concept of sex altogether at some point since we share much more in common as human beings than what distinguishes us in terms of sex. Perhaps we are simply unique individuals, each with our own distinct sex and body, making us unique organisms and specimens of the human species.
It is evident that sex is a complicated issue. In this brief discussion, I have endeavored to simplify it to gain some philosophical and mathematical insights. However, my conclusions are unavoidably limited.