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The study referring to that 1-2% figure (Fausto-Sterling et al.) misrepresents the definition of intersex and is off by at least an order of magnitude. Real figures are closer to 1 in 8000.
Edit for source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3813612
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to delete my comment because I don't have time to read around this and don't want to spread false info