Endosex

Quick meaning: Endosex is an adjective meaning (neologism) Not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.

Meaning

(neologism) Not intersex; born with sex characteristics that are considered typically male or female.

Example Sentences

Intersex as an ostentation of the endosex group phantasy.

A second pathway may be found in recent work published on the ways endosex (i.e., those assigned male or female by society) people respond to the existence of intersex people (Sumerau and Cragun, 2018).

Kubick also did not specifically include intersex people in the class of those seeking X gender markers, writing in her opinion that because the only Orr v. Trump plaintiffs seeking X gender markers were endosex nonbinary people, it was “not clear that non-binary class representatives could fully represent the interests of intersex class members.”

Scholars refer to those people who “fit neatly” into these male/female exclusive categorizations as endosex. Endosex people are assigned male or female, and often think very little about this assignment—or the possibility that it was incorrect in any biologically empirical way—throughout their lives unless something unexpected forces them to consider it.

Synonyms for endosex

Depending on context, synonyms include dyadic, perisex.

Antonyms for endosex

Common opposites include intersex.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intersex, neomale, intersexual, eusexual, autosexing, sexodimorphic.

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