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'''PWHN (People Who Have Neither)''', or '''IWHV''' '''(Individuals Who Have Neither)''', is a term for anyone who has neither a penis nor vagina, regardless of gender.
Other terms used for this concept include '''PHN (People Having Neither)''' or, formerly, '''PON (People of Neither)''' and '''ION''' '''(Individuals of Neither)'''.
This term is made to combat the ideology that having a penis is what makes one a man, having a vagina is what makes one a woman, and is made promote gender-neutral language and terms. This term can also stand for "person of niether" if one wishes to refer to another person or themself as a pon. This term was also made for more simplicity in describing genitallia in medical situations, such as sex education, as saying 'intersex' would leave out many altersex and trans individuals.▼
PWHN includes individuals who were born neither with a penis nor a vagina and individuals who have had sex reassignment surgery and have neither a penis nor a vagina. The term includes some [[intersex]] individuals, [[transneutral]] individuals who have have sex reassignment surgery (to a neutral sex), and some [[transsex]]/[[altersex]] men and women.
== History ==▼
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Related terms are [[PWHP]] and [[PWHV]].
▲== History ==
The term was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] on March 13, 2021 in order to help relieve [[dysphoria]] and discomfort in many [[genderqueer]] individuals. The alternate wordings of PWHN and PHN were created by Wiki user foreigntoolmaker on September 30th since some people were uncomfortable with PON. Weniviere, the coiner of the term, did not realize that the original wording "people/individuals ''of'' neither" sounded uncomfortable, due to English not being her first language, and has since acknowledged this grammatical mistake and embraces "PWHN/IWHN" as the main term.
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[[Category:Sex Category]]
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