# Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-that-s-good-for-humanity/15090>\
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**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-that-s-good-for-humanity/15090 "2022-05-17T17:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-that-s-good-for-humanity/15090/43 "2022-05-26T23:14:14Z")

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> [@Nesslig20](#):
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> > [@Rumraket](#):
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> > Cladistically, yes. But there are other ways to understand that word than in a cladistic sense, as having a particular set of shared derived characteristics.
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> Yes, but unlike the cladistic sense, none of them are real.

Interesting statement. I’d be interested to hear in what sense you think the cladistic sense of the word fish is real.

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