[aerojoe23]

Even if it is doubled or quadrupled, does it matter? If just 0.05% of the us pop is intersex I think her argument is completely valid.

I know you didn't say, "Well because they're so much less of them we don't have to protect their rights." But why say that numbers too big? What's the point? Are you trying to discredit the speaker?

Whether or not that is your intent it does seem to be.

Propaganda isn't to convince the critical it is to give the morally corrupt an excuse not to think.

[ndsipa_pomu]

I'd agree. Though I find the 2% figure surprising (I'd previously thought it was around 0.2%) it doesn't change the facts that human biology is complex and we shouldn't be trying to shoehorn people into specific roles. There's many cultures that have a far more nuanced view of genders than western societies, so the more recent expansion of thinking beyond "male or female" is us simply catching up.

[someplaceguy]

Well, I don't even know what her argument is because I can't even find it by skimming this huge article. Perhaps if the article went straight to the point, her argument wouldn't be lost in all the noise.

For the record, I'm not interested in reading whether someone selected a 'yellow dress' or 'purpley pink flowers' or who picked someone up when. I'd be more interested in reading about actual intersex issues.

I am in favor of protecting the rights of everyone, but I don't even know what 'rights' you are talking about.

The intersex prevalence depends on how you define "intersex", with some definitions (those who argue "if the term intersex is to retain any meaning") making the prevalence at 0.018%, which is 2 orders of magnitude less than 2%.

Whether that invalidates her argument or not I don't know, because again, I don't know what her argument is. I was just replying to the parent poster who was surprised by a figure which I was arguing was exaggerated.

[oftenwrong]

>For the record, I'm not interested in reading whether someone selected a 'yellow dress' or 'purpley pink flowers' or who picked someone up when. I'd be more interested in reading about actual intersex issues.

That is all relevant. The immense gravity of her decision to become openly, publicly intersex, and the hours of apprehension and coaching required to go through with it, is a significant aspect.