SEX Biology, don’t understand this question

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Hi iam doing some biology homework and I don’t understand what this question is asking “discuss why knowing an individual is XX or XY interms of chromosomes is not sufficient to know their biological sex?” What iam suppose to do?

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There are a lot of variations that aren’t common but definitely come into play. An estimated roughly 1% of the population is non-binary.

One example is that someone can have XX chromosomes and have testes and/or a penis. Another is that a woman can have XY chromosomes, have a uterus, vagina, vulva, breasts, everything “typical” of a woman but instead of ovaries can have testes.

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