Comment on Understanding the Sex Binary
demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 4 days agoTalking about the variations in XX and XY chromosomes and then pretending they don’t count as variations is pathetic. Humans are complex and this ‘scientist’ is pushing an agenda. Nothing more. Sex is not in any way a binary and you ‘trust the science’ chodes should actually read about science.
Other compositions than the typical XX and XY arrangement do not represent additional sexes beyond male and female, but instead represent chromosomal variation within each of the two sexes.
Literally the quote I pasted above. Variations within a sex.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 4 days ago
Sex is binary. Always has been.
demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Case in point. Read actual scientific papers on this. It’s only XX and XY right? Except for XXX, XYY, and numerous other variations.
We have people with both sets of genitalia, we have people with neither, we have people where one set is ‘internal’ and not visible. We even have people that develop the other set later in life.
Not at all a binary.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 4 days ago
Those are genetic defects. Those are not different sexes. We have two sexes. Period.
demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“These differences don’t count” is anti scientific bullshit. Actually go and read about this. I’m begging you to not take this one dipshit’s word for it.
tahira@hilariouschaos.com 4 days ago
None of that is how sex is defined, and that’s the entire point of this article. Sex is defined by the size of gametes you produce, and that is binary and immutable.
demonmittenhands@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s not though. It really really isn’t. The existence of even one intersex person means what you’re saying is nonsense.
Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com 4 days ago
Genetic defects don’t create a new sex. It’s weird how this ideology is being pushed but biologist are pushing back. We can say sex and gender are different but we can’t argue there are 50 sexes. That just isn’t true. There are two with defects from either