>>40066805The idea that sex is binary is a very strong illusion, because the vast majority of humans do fit neatly into those two categories based on reproductive hardware.
Problem is, this definition breaks down when you account for intersex and transgender people.
I don't think I need to explain how intersex people break it down, its quite obvious.
Transgender people break it down, because the clear material reality is that they are more "female" or "male" than they were at birth. They haven't made it all the way, meaning they fit roughly in the middle of the spectrum, but they have made progress.
Both mainstream views on sex and gender fail to account for the actual material, biological reality of human beings. "Sex as a spectrum" allows for the accurate understanding that humans are fundamentally individuals with varying degrees of masculinity and femininity in their hardware configs.