What is Gender?

[Shiken]

Pemalite said:

Shiken said:

Much like any birth defect, this is the exception, not the rule.

Doesn't matter how often or not it occurs, it still happens.
Still. You haven't answered the question.

The answer is that it is a birth defect.  It really is that simple.  As with any birth defect, special circumstances exist.  That does not change the fact that gender is determined by what you were born with.

For example, conjoined twins are a birth defect.  That does not make them one person.  Another would be that my son is a child with autism.  He has the intelligence someone much older than himself, especially when it comes to math.  However his maturity is that of someone 5 years younger than himself.  He talks like a 4 year old and only enjoys shows designed for children of that age.  This however does not change the fact that he is a 10 year old boy.

If someone was born with both a penis and a vagina, it does change their gender.  Due to the birth defect, other things will need to be looked at on a biological level to determine which of the two genders they really are.  Estrogen levels vs testosterone as one example.  However that is an entirely different subject all together.  The point is that just because there is a birth defect and other things need to be looked at to determine their gender, that does not mean that there are more than two genders.