PSA: "all of [species] are intersex" can reinforce misconceptions

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PSA: "all of [species] are intersex" can reinforce misconceptions

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ipsogender@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Not How Intersex Works@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 years ago

So I'm still gathering my thoughts on The Deep by intersex author Rivers Solomon which I read for @intersexbookclub and one thing that I keep seeing in reviews for the book is "all of the wajinru are...

Keeping with the theme of the community. I am so tired of seeing perisex sci-fi fans say that all the <insert aliens species that can reproduce as both male and female> are intersex. Not how it works folks!

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