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{{ContentWarning|topic=genitalia and mentions of transphobia}}{{Gender|image1=Wolffian.png|caption1=Wolffian pride flag by Tumblr user Mourningmogaicrew<ref>[https://archive.ph/vdLpR]https://archive.ph/vdLpR</ref>|type=[[Sex]]|alternate_names=Biological male
Male-bodied|coined_by=arco-pluris{{Icon|Tumblr}}|coining_date=On or before July 29, 2018<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250221130138/https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/176422613517/biosex-adjective-glossary-these-biosexual</ref>|symbol1=Wolffian_symbol.png|title1=Wolffian|caption2=Wolffian symbol}}'''Wolffian''' is an alternative term for biological [[Man|male]]. It is a synonym for male-bodied, used to describe someone that is of the [[Man|male]] [[sex]].

Wolffian individuals have at least two of any of the following features

* a penis
* testicle(s)
* a scrotum
* a prostate
* XY chromosomes
* seminal vesicle(s)
* an epididymis
* a vas deferens

Or they at least

* are capable of producing sperm
* have testosterone as their dominant, primary hormone <small>(unless they lack all other previously listed features)</small>

Ideally, a Wolffian refers to a [https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Cissex cissex] [[dyadic]] individual who is was correctly [[Assigned Sex|assigned male at birth]]. However, the term can apply to [[Woman|female]]-[[Transition|to]]-[[Man|males]] that are both [https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Transgenital transgenital] & [https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Transhormonal transhormonal], and sometimes [https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/CTM CTM] individuals, as phenotypic sex is the primary classification for sex at large. [[Trans Man (FtM)|Transsexual males]] (that are AFAB) being excluded from the wolffian category is a [[Transphobia|transphobic]] practice, as it excludes [[Trans Man (FtM)|trans males]] from [[Man|male]] categorizations and separates them from the male identity, despite them being both anatomically and psychologically male. Through a sex-binary lens, someone may also identify as wolffian if they lack the majority of dominant [[müllerian]] traits.

The term is a less-gendered approach to biological identification. The term 'biological male,' while technical and correct, is often used by transphobes to reduce [[Trans Woman (MtF)|trans women]] down to their anatomy. Still, should Wolffian not be used for someone outside of a medical, biological or anatomical context.

Wolffian is not synonymous with being assigned male at birth, for reasons being that individuals assigned male at birth can be [[müllerian]] or [https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/CTF CTF], [[Assigned Sex|ASAB]] labelling can be mistaken for [[intersex]] individuals, and that not every wolffian is AMAB.

== Common Definitions ==
{{Quote|Wolffian: a person having testicles / dominantly testonized from the uterus;|arco-pluris}}{{Quote|a perisex person whose innate sex development is in line with societal expectations of "biological male"|intervex<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061527/https://www.tumblr.com/intervex/763635511362486272/m%C3%BCllerian-and-wolffian-astronomy-style-symbols]https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061527/https://www.tumblr.com/intervex/763635511362486272/m%C3%BCllerian-and-wolffian-astronomy-style-symbols</ref>|}}


== References ==

# https://web.archive.org/web/20250221130138/https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/176422613517/biosex-adjective-glossary-these-biosexual
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