> Put another way: sex is a bunch of physical attributes.
No, it's an organised system of different parts whose development is coordinated to deliver a specific function: that of reproduction.
We have sexed bodies - female and male - because of our differential reproductive roles, and have evolved molecular mechanisms to drive development of those sexed bodies to support each reproductive role.
Describing sex simply as a "bunch of physical attributes" completely ignores that it is an evolved system function for reproduction, predicated on female and male gametes.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37744101 - October 2023 (85 comments)
The original event was canceled by the conference organizers, so the panel have decided to hold their talk online instead.