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- Comment on Metal Exclusionary Radical Astronomy 7 hours ago:
but even then people who can’t produce either can’t be simply classified into what they were “supposed” to produce without involving karyotypes or other sex characteristics, which the paper you linked explicitly argues can’t be used for sex definition:
Here I synthesize evolutionary and developmental evidence to demonstrate that sex is binary (i.e., there are only two sexes) in all anisogamous species and that males and females are defined universally by the type of gamete they have the biological function to produce—not by karyotypes, secondary sexual characteristics, or other correlates
so for someone with complete gonadal dysgenesis:
- they produce no gametes
- their sex is defined by… which gamete they have the "function to produce"
- we determine this function by… looking at their chromosomes (XY = male function, XX = female function) or other correlates
but then this is circular:
- if sex is defined by gamete function
- and gamete function can only be identified via determination mechanisms in non-gamete-producing cases
- then determination mechanisms are also doing the definitional work
and I feel your lacking-an-arm comment doesn’t really apply here as humans aren’t solely defined by how many arms we have - the analogy would only work if:
- sex were defined like humanity - as a cluster of traits with gametes being just one feature
- but the paper explicitly rejects that (arguing the monothethic model is the only true one when the polythetic clearly covers more cases)
but I think the bigger question this whole biological definition/determinism sidesteps is the one that seems close to heart of the very-same intersex people linked in that Wikipedia page:
Paradigms for care are still based on socio-cultural factors including expectations of “normality” and evidence in support of surgeries remains lacking.
“Nearly every parent” in the study reported pressure for their children to undergo surgery, and many reported misinformation.
The report calls for a ban on “surgical procedures that seek to alter the gonads, genitals, or internal sex organs of children with atypical sex characteristics too young to participate in the decision when those procedures both carry a meaningful risk of harm and can be safely deferred.”
when these things affect human beings we can’t try to wash our hands by clinging to models that seem to give us simple answers - if we insist on monothethic definitions that don’t recognize the complexity of sexual development - we end up forcing ambiguous cases into boxes and providing intellectual cover to deny people agency over their own bodies.
- Comment on Metal Exclusionary Radical Astronomy 20 hours ago:
but what about ovotesticular people? if they can produce both gametes what determines their sex? based on what gamete they were “supposed” to produce? but how do you determine what they’re “supposed” to produce? chromosomes? phenotypes? a combination of all of these? but then we’re back at square one where gametes may be binary but sex isn’t?
- Comment on Vegetables are good for you 2 months ago:
Ha Ha rape is SO funny amirite guys?? this is SO hilarious because he got raped with a cucumber so he rememberers being violated his whole life, come on guys laugh with me at this rape joke Ha Ha absolutely funniest shit I have ever seen
iTs JuSt a sHiTpOst CaLm DoWn rApE iS fUnNy
- Comment on Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime 2 months ago:
Not true?
Straight from the Politico article:
The document includes just one mention of “anarchist violent extremists” — the term the FBI uses when describing terror threats from people who view “capitalism and centralized government to be unnecessary and oppressive,” according to a May 2021 threat assessment.
But in congressional hearings, FBI Director Christopher Wray — who Biden chose to keep in place, restoring a tradition Trump broke — has extensively discussed the bureau’s work investigating people in that category.
“Antifa is a real thing,” Wray added at that hearing. “It’s not a group or an organization, it’s a movement or an ideology, maybe one way of thinking of it, and we have quite a number — and I’ve said this consistently since my first time appearing before this committee — we have any number of properly predicated investigations into what we would describe as violent anarchist extremists. Some of those individuals self-identify with antifa.”
- Comment on The confidence you get dealing with a licensed electrician 2 months ago:
- Comment on British soldiers still paying for sex in Kenya despite ban 4 months ago:
ITT: Guys making jokes under an article about British soldiers murdering and mutilating Agnes Wanjiru and dumping her body in a septic tank 13 years ago without facing any consequences.
Stay classy Lemmy…
- Comment on They made his car "cease & desist" 4 months ago:
- Comment on The dreaded she's typing icon 5 months ago:
- Comment on Take a deep breath and think about it 5 months ago:
Genetically modified cat girls exist right now??? Where???
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 6 months ago:
meh I honestly kind of like it - I especially think the intersex symbol ties it together really well
- Comment on Nexus Mods is under new ownership 6 months ago:
the amount of butthurt g*mers losing their shit over nexus banning a mod that removed the only black character from BG3 (created by someone with this username Image) is just peak comedy
- Comment on Congratulations, homosexual! 7 months ago:
Idk this has similar energy to “If conservatives hate foreigners and progressives see through the bullshit PR - why shouldn’t Shein just continue using child slaves?”
- Comment on The solution to many problems 7 months ago:
I appreciate you explaining your point - I guess I was just trying to say that smokers generally don’t smoke just to spite/give others cancer - and that it’s usually a coping strategy - and sure that’s not always the case and there are rich and well off smokers as well
I guess I just wanted to note that most smokers don’t choose to smoke but do it because they’re addicted - not just to the nicotine but also to the feeling of control to immediately calm yourself down (I’m not saying its a healthy or sustainable coping mechanism but an understandable one)
- Comment on The solution to many problems 7 months ago:
weird you ask for people to have empathy for poor and struggling people but then hate on smokers when those people are almost always smokers themselves - genuinely you’ll be hard pressed to find a struggling person that doesn’t smoke
maybe there’s something more to knowingly poising oneself for the fleeting feeling of control and comfort that doesn’t have anything to do with “people who choose hurting others for their own convenience”?
- Comment on They finally patched racism 7 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
folk defending this as “just an image of a child” and not seeing it as a minor being softcore sexualized should really revaluate your perception.
this is not a good look for anime fans in general and I don’t like that I have to ban every anime sub so I can browse lemmy on the bus.
please realize that this will only end up hurting the community in the long term when everyday people join and see stuff like this and assume that all anime content is of this nature.
don’t get me wrong I like anime but there’s a difference between a pic of Anya as a cute kid and the image in the OP.
- Comment on ML logic is "respecting" other communists by constantly asserting they aren't communists 7 months ago:
so your contribution to leftist unity is leftist infighting? curious…
- Comment on Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out as Transgender at Age 29 8 months ago:
googoo gaga behavior
- Comment on Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out as Transgender at Age 29 8 months ago:
huh? how so? she’s figuring out what she wants from life and her parents are supportive of that, seems pretty wholesome? or did you mean the losers in the comments just being weird and nasty? that is pretty sad I agree
- Comment on Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out as Transgender at Age 29 8 months ago:
Yikes that was painful - I find it quite entertaining how magas have like 3 phrases memorized and will just shout them out over and over again (with some bible verses about the rapture sprinkled in) - it’s just strange to peek into comments like those and see how literally nothing in their lives has changed in the past 10 years - the world has moved on but they’re still stuck in 2014 4chan mode…
- Comment on Bluesky Blocked in Turkey - Here's Why 8 months ago:
Surely no conflict of interest from a blog that sells a Bluesky powertool…
Also did the Turkish government hack Bluesky’s email systems and send people emails notifying them their accounts were restricted in Turkiey or is this also “Bluesky not cooperating with Erdogan the way other platforms have.”?
- Comment on Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly #1 review | Batman News 9 months ago:
From said article: “Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly is an unsettling mixture of childish humor and fetishistic sexual innuendo, seemingly only meant to appeal to those who truly love every experience relating to farting.”
- Comment on UK: Rooftop solar could reduce energy bill for the country's poorest families by almost a quarter, study says 10 months ago:
You know what would reduce it by almost 50%? Not spending half your salary on rent…
Maybe then people could afford solar panels, insulation, heat pumps and general home improvements with their newly discovered 100% increase in spending
- Comment on If you're looking for a time to take action. it was 8 years ago. 11 months ago:
- Comment on If you're looking for a time to take action. it was 8 years ago. 11 months ago:
If you’re looking for the second best time to take action - it’s right now!
nazis got fucked once - and we’ll keep fucking them up as many times as is needed
- Comment on Feminists in their natural habitat of bigotry 11 months ago:
100% agree - I think people shouldn’t use somebody’s inborn body features as an insult.
However, based on OP’s post history I do believe they’re a fragile man that really ought to touch more grass.
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 11 months ago:
oh yeah good point - forgot that existed
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- Comment on Anon's in trouble 1 year ago:
They also alleged the accident was due to a lack of proper equipment, including clamping mechanisms equipped with interlocking mechanisms (which would be impossible to open while the chamber system was still under pressure), outboard pressure gauges, and a safe communication system, all of which had been held back because of dispensations by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
Fatigue may also have taken its toll on the crew, who had been working for longer than 12 hours
Builder of the rig Aker ASA’s Gross Profit was 7.16B
Norway’s oil and gas tax revenue soars to record $89 bln
Imagine forcing your workers into more than 12h shifts, running on 30 year old equipment, the government straight up refusing to upgrade said equipment, while making billions in profits - they don’t call it gross profit for no reason…
- Comment on Memory is a fickle mistress 1 year ago:
Settling doesn’t prove innocence nor guilt - but as #MeToo has shown - SA is so prevalent that’s it’s usually better to err on the side of caution and assume the worst instead of claiming “fame” as a reason people try to seek justice from their abusers.
