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If you’re going to do a binary, X and Y chromosome doesn’t hold up due to the presence of functional XX males from an SRY gene. Its speculated most Y chromosomes started as X chromosomes in animals that have that dichotomy.

In fact a functional or non functional SRY gene is a better determinant for biological sex.

The fact is though that testerone and SRY receptors have relatively high variability and trying to socially stress people into a group of traits will create a feedback loop that is opposed to more natural courses of evolution. In fact its likely trans people - of whom there are records of going back to time immemorial - are likely an evolutionary adaptation and serve some evolutionary function to society.

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IZZI@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Since gender is socially constructed (male norms, female norms, male jobs, female jobs) the presence of trans people in society that not only understand both sets of roles but can navigate them is probably an advantage over societies where those roles are less fluid and more strict.

This might sound strange but I don’t believe in an set of norms in that sense. People can do whatever the fuck they like. Male jobs are male jobs because they require more muscle, female jobs might require more emotional IQ but I don’t see why you should be constrained to that

I’m a dude, I like doing laundry, and I like playing with kids, don’t like cars and don’t like football. Does that make me a woman?

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- xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Just because you don’t think there should be social characteristics associated with gender doesn’t mean that there aren’t
  
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  - Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They are saying its a choice to accept those social characteristics that are tied to gender. If people just let people express themselves how they wanted to regardless of gender, would people even want to transition in the first place?
    
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giuseppe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
By definition “time immemorial” means we have no records.

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- Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  So “until time immemorial” means we have records up to the point we don’t any records. The suggestion is its a thing that probably predates the records
  
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