Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 22:12
VIEWED: 1026
PAGE 1 of 3
WELL, ITS NOT THAT SIMPLE
If XX is female and XY is male, what is XXY? (Kleinfelter Syndrome)
XXX? (Triple X syndrome)
XXYY?
XYY?
Nature, being the real world, doesn't always follow our either-or classifications.
And then there is the development of sex characteristics, which depend on some genes turning on and others turning off. That's influenced by a number of in-utero factors: mom's hormonal status, chemicals and drugs during pregnancy etc. I mean, we've all seen some pretty thick- waisted, butch -looking women and some wide- hipped, soft- featured men, right? Doesn't change their genetics, but it does change their appearance and how people approach them.
Quote:
Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes
Scientific American has published a piece claiming that “misinformation,” such as the notion that there are only two sexes, is “being used against transgender people” and in order to target “gender-affirming medical care.”
The article states that there are three types of “misinformation,” and they are “oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting research, and promoting false equivalences.”
The piece asserts that “Many of the arguments against trans rights center on the idea that transness itself is not legitimate - that there are just two sexes, period.”
There are only two sexes though.
It then turns to ‘scientist’ Simón(e) Sun, a self described trans(sexual) ándrógýne \ (neuro)biologist, pronouns in bio person and notes “You describe this idea as ‘sex essentialism.’ Can you explain that term, and talk about how it shapes the debate.”
They/she then states “Essentialism is the idea that you can take any phenomenon that is complex and distill it down to a particular set of traits. In the case of sex essentialism, the idea is that you can sufficiently describe sex by a few particular characteristics. In this debate, it used to be chromosomes, now it’s gametes (egg and sperm cells).”
Yeah, that is biology 101 and no matter how many times they/she says it’s changed and that anyone who doesn’t agree is a ‘transphobe’, it hasn’t.
All of this comes in the wake of a major long term study in the UK that concluded that treatment gender-confused children have been offered was built entirely on “shaky foundations” and that there is “no good evidence to support the global clinical practice of prescribing hormones to under-18s to pause puberty or transition to the opposite sex.”
The author of the review, retired consultant paediatrician Dr Cass, formerly the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, called the evidence for life altering drugs “remarkably weak” and warned that transgender activists are the ones “deliberately spread(ing) misinformation.”
Since the review was published, Cass has been subject to abuse and cannot use public transport over fears for her safety.
Links to original article and X posts here
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/scientific-american-claims-it-misi
nformation-there-are-just-two-sexes
Not going to get into the "who you're attracted to" and "which sex would you like to be?" which doesn't seem inherent, mostly psychological, and heavily influenced by social factors. Not worth talking about, too woo-woo.
But for those who insist that there are ONLY two sexes ... genetics says otherwise.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
There are only two sexes.
Genetic disorders and mutations are simply genetic disorders and mutations.
As you said... "Doesn't change their genetics, but it does change their appearance and how people approach them. "
It's unfortunate when something happens that screws somebody before they're even born. It's about as unfortunate for them as being born below average intelligence, ugly or abnormally short. I don't think it's as bad as being born blind or deaf or without the use of all your appendages though.
I'm not going to deny that there aren't any problems when clearly in a small amount of cases there are, but that doesn't mean that anybody needs to conform to this new notion that there are more than 2 sexes.
Let's get the 0.005% of the population that needs help the help they need and stop trying to make the other 99.994% of the population to entertain their mental illnesses.
--------------------------------------------------
Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Oh, I agree.
I just wanted to caveat that a small number of people are genetically ambiguous or physically intersex
Quote:
The I stands for intersex, a biological variance that means a person's sex doesn't fit neatly into the boxes of "male" or "female"—based on their chromosomes, genital presentation, reproductive tissue, or some combination of the three.
These are true physical anomalies.
There are appx 0.25% of the population with sex chromosome abnormality (missing or extra) and approximately 0.05% who are physically ambiguous at birth (eg external genetalia, which is how babies are assigned at birth, doesn't match internal gonads or chromosomes)
So for me, there's always an asterix on the "two sexes" statement, with a little chip out for people being born the way they are.
But applying "nonbinary" to 99.75% of the population doesn't make sense. And when you can go from a nearly invisible minority claiming nonbinary status to a SIGNIFICANT minority of young people (25%) making the same claim 15 years later ... well, this clearly isn't sexual biology. It's either some sort of developmental pathology -possibly related to autism - or it's a social pathology, where it's seen as "cool" to claim nonbinary status and then be rewarded with lots and lots of unearned attention for it.
-----------
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:Why Are Conservatives So Obsessed With Trans Kids?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, I agree.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+Are+Conservatives+So+Obsessed+With
+Trans+Kids
I will save you the trouble of clicking the link. The shortest answer is Conservatives are Nuts.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
The answer is that you're fucking nuts, creep.
You people are disgusting. I'll bet Ted isn't going to touch this thread with a 10 foot pole because he knows you're nuts too.
--------------------------------------------------
Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, I agree.
I just wanted to caveat that a small number of people are genetically ambiguous or physically intersexQuote:
The I stands for intersex, a biological variance that means a person's sex doesn't fit neatly into the boxes of "male" or "female"—based on their chromosomes, genital presentation, reproductive tissue, or some combination of the three.
These are true physical anomalies.
There are appx 0.25% of the population with sex chromosome abnormality (missing or extra) and approximately 0.05% who are physically ambiguous at birth (eg external genetalia, which is how babies are assigned at birth, doesn't match internal gonads or chromosomes)
So for me, there's always an asterix on the "two sexes" statement, with a little chip out for people being born the way they are.
But applying "nonbinary" to 99.75% of the population doesn't make sense. And when you can go from a nearly invisible minority claiming nonbinary status to a SIGNIFICANT minority of young people (25%) making the same claim 15 years later ... well, this clearly isn't sexual biology. It's either some sort of developmental pathology -possibly related to autism - or it's a social pathology, where it's seen as "cool" to claim nonbinary status and then be rewarded with lots and lots of unearned attention for it.
-----------
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
Yeah. It's weird. Like, cult weird.
They're the ones charged with teaching our kids during their developmental years during the weekdays, and these people come into work and spend the morning talking to six year olds about their sex life.
I don't understand how any of this has been tolerated up until this point.
I don't understand the behavior of a lot of people these days.
--------------------------------------------------
Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:6ix, where you live in Indiana is wall-to-wall Trumptards so you don't have anybody but other nuts to compare yourself to. Where I live in Texas it is half Trumptards and half Democrats. The Trumptards are not prospering compared to the Democrats because the Trumptards are nuts who feel passionately about all kinds of nutty things and care nothing about what is important, which is the way that deeply flawed crazy people all over the world live. By the way, Trump will not be the next President because he is nuts like you Trumptards are.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
The answer is that you're fucking nuts, creep.
You people are disgusting. I'll bet Ted isn't going to touch this thread with a 10 foot pole because he knows you're nuts too.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Seems like DEMS are obsessed with trans kids.
Me? If there are trans kids it's very, very rare.
Most kids aren't thinking about sex unless they've been sexually abused.
And I think asking a kid what sex they want to be is like asking a kid what they want to be when they grow up.
How the hell do THEY know?
You only discover yourself thru experience over time. It's not something you decide when you're six, or twelve. That's just stupid.
But... Insult, lies, libel.
That's SECOND!
He wanted to be a sociopath when he grew up!
-----------
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Seems like DEMS are obsessed with trans kids.
Me? If there are trans kids it's very, very rare.
Most kids aren't thinking about sex unless they've been sexually abused.
And I think asking a kid what sex they want to be is like asking a kid what they want to be when they grow up.
How the hell do THEY know?
You only discover yourself thru experience over time. It's not something you decide when you're six, or twelve. That's just stupid.
But... Insult, lies, libel.
That's SECOND!
He wanted to be a sociopath when he grew up!
-----------
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
I don't think anybody wants to be a sociopath when they grow up.
At this point I have to assume his Republican voting uncle touched him where he shouldn't be touched when he was a kid.
--------------------------------------------------
Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:6ix, you really are stupid. That could not have caused any problems for you because Americans love stupid people. Sorry. I got that backwards. Americans make fun of stupid people, as they do of Trump and his Trumptards.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Seems like DEMS are obsessed with trans kids.
Me? If there are trans kids it's very, very rare.
Most kids aren't thinking about sex unless they've been sexually abused.
And I think asking a kid what sex they want to be is like asking a kid what they want to be when they grow up.
How the hell do THEY know?
You only discover yourself thru experience over time. It's not something you decide when you're six, or twelve. That's just stupid.
But... Insult, lies, libel.
That's SECOND!
He wanted to be a sociopath when he grew up!
-----------
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
I don't think anybody wants to be a sociopath when they grow up.
At this point I have to assume his Republican voting uncle touched him where he shouldn't be touched when he was a kid.
--------------------------------------------------
Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
Signym, I know from where your rotten behavior springs forth. You are much the same as every Trumptard: sick, fearful, drugged and despairing about your future. I have seen the dramatic and tragic life stories of many Trumptards and, assuming Texas Trumptards aren’t less fortunate than the average Trumptard, I know what will happen to you. It is not good and from that springs all your terrible behavior. Same goes for the prime Trumptard, Donald Trump.
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=65350&mid=11914
50#1191450
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Glad to know life's OK for you. I get a bit worried when you're not progressing on your projects.
On a Prednisone high for the past 2 weeks. Once I start weaning down I'll be depressed, tired, anxious and glued to the couch unless I start taking tranquilizers.
Made the mistake of reading up my dx. Maybe what I accessed was an old version of the Merck Manual, but the 5-year survival rate they quoted (80%) is even worse than the cancer survival rate (90%).
But based on other people's symptoms, all of the minor stuff has ALREADY happened to me, and I live with it. So AFAIK there are only a few important things to pay attention to, kidney failure and infection being top of the list.
So if I mind the important stuff, I'll take my treatments, and just keep on keeping on
And since I haven't formally started the heavy duty infusions yet I'm taking the oppty to do as much yardwork as possible.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME