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. 2025 Sep 26.
doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03307-y. Online ahead of print.

There Is No Sex (or Gender)

Mario S Staller  1 , Swen Koerner  2
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There Is No Sex (or Gender)

Mario S Staller et al. Arch Sex Behav. .
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Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Ethical Approval: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Therefore, ethical approval was not required in accordance with institutional and journal guidelines.

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