Are there more than two genders?

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Question: Are there more than two genders?
Position1 of 4›: Yes, there are more than two genders
Argument1 of 3›: Intersex individuals need alternatives

Persons born with partial or fully formed genitalia of both sexes fit neither here nor there in the gender binary. New classifications and pronouns will help them thrive.

The argument

There are individuals who, from birth, have fully or partially developed genitals from both sexes. Such cases pose exceptional difficulty for these individuals to properly and comfortably assimilate into a society that prioritizes a binary definition of gender. Having alternate gender options as well as properly categorized medical diagnoses will offer them an avenue to more fully integrate without having to betray who they were born and a better understanding of their biology. The term hermaphrodite has been used historically and stigmatizes those born intersex and their families. New motions in the science community would steer away from the traditional binary classification as well as from the “Five Sexes” model proffered by Anne Fausto-Sterling. The former has historically condemned intersex individuals to a purgatory of the harshest expectations of both and the benefits of neither, while the latter breeds only confusion among the individuals and doctors diagnosing them. The new nomenclature recommended by the scientific community would adopt “specific etiology-based diagnoses... along with an umbrella term.” The term disorders of sex development (DSDs) is generally agreed upon to classify all known intersex conditions. This new system aims to label the condition, not the person.

Context

Intersex persons are born having fully or partially formed genitalia of both biological sexes. The rate of occurrence of this condition is roughly 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2000 births.

Premises

[P1]Some people are born intersex, with fully or partially developed genitals of both sexes, making it hard to fit a strictly binary definition of gender. [P2] A rigid binary condemns them to harsh expectations of both sexes and the benefits of neither, while stigmatizing terms like "hermaphrodite" harm them. [P3] Alternate gender options and etiology-based medical diagnoses would let intersex people integrate and understand their own biology. [C] Therefore, because intersex individuals need alternatives to the binary, there are more than two genders.

Counter-arguments

Many intersex persons have lived normal lives with their condition, unknown in many cases even to the person themselves, only being discovered upon their death. They do not need any sort of allowances in order to thrive, and certainly can live within the male/female paradigm.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] Humanity is a sexually dimorphic species irrespective of genetic anomalies present in intersex individuals. [Rejecting P2] The gender binary has never coerced individuals into an identity not their own.