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Challenges intersex persons face in relationships

Gender icons for males and females. [iStockphoto]

Humans are socialised to interact with people through the lens of gender, which is arguably inseparable from sex.

Gender and sex are inextricable, however broadly; the former refers to socially constructed characteristics of women and men while sex is different biological and physiological characteristics of men and women in form of reproductive organs and hormones among other features.

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