The binary system has also been critiqued as scholars claim that biological sex and gender differ from one another; with sex relating to biological and chromosomal differences between males, females, and intersex people, while gender instead is a result of sociocultural socialization.
The binary system has faced criticism from scholars who contend that biological sex and gender are separate entities; with sex being determined by biological and chromosomal characteristics in males, females, and intersex people, whereas gender arises from sociocultural influences.