sampling of online comments about genderWithout fail, whenever there’s an article about a transgender person, the comments have at least one person who boldly declares:“There’s only two genders! XX and XY!”Assigned Male Comics; FacebookFacebookBut “is” there only two?The autistic in me must add kudos to these ill-informed commenters for at least picking “There’s” instead of “Theirs”—even though “There are” still eluded them. But don’t get me started on “your” and “you’re” in that last one…These online experts’ linguistic skills aside, are they doing any better with science? Do chromosomes have anything to do with gender? Or is biology only related to sex? What’s the difference between sex and gender?Let’s take a dive into the science and culture behind both and find out.The Big Picture is reader-supported. To receive new posts & support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Sex ≠ GenderFirst, we need to understand that sex and

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