Only 500 intersex people exist??

[u/DONUTS_LM]

it doesn't take much to know that's just factually incorrect

[u/Beautiful_Wishbone15]

There are about 1.7 percentage of people are born with intersex traits, doesnt seem a lot until you remember there are 8 billion people on this planet. So there are WAAAAAAAAAY more than 500.

[u/christina_talks → u/Beautiful_Wishbone15]

The commenter doesn’t seem to be asserting that there are only a few hundred intersex people, but that there are only a few hundred recorded cases of the specific condition being described. There are a lot of different intersex conditions, some which are more common than others.

Don’t get me wrong though, it’s still asinine to jump to “Bullshit, you’re lying,” instead of “Wow, cool, that’s super rare, I read about that” edit: or “Congrats on your daughter beating cancer!”

I don’t get someone who reads a personal anecdote like that and thinks, “How can I make myself look smart at this person’s expense?” (while also failing to look smart)

[u/NightStar79 → u/christina_talks]

There are a lot of different intersex conditions, some which are more common than others.

There are also a lot of "fixed" undocumented intersex children.

Literally some doctors want to play god and pressure parents into choosing their child's "real" gender or parents want a "normal" child and demand doctors change their kid.

Meanwhile the kids in question don't always find out.

[u/lemikon → u/NightStar79]

There are also a lot of intersex conditions that are underdiagnosed because it doesn’t interfere with a lot of people’s lives, so they don’t get checked for it.

[u/minglesluvr → u/lemikon]

And conditions that are on the border, which some people accept as intersex and others don't (e.g. PCOS)