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Op-ed disguised as a science article. Ultimately gender now has two definitions: cultural/societal and biological — I suppose you CAN have it both ways but when
by SCAQTony 8y ago
Op-ed disguised as a science article. Ultimately gender now has two definitions: cultural/societal and biological — I suppose you CAN have it both ways but when treating a patient's anatomy such as breast cancer, prostrate cancer, or when it comes to treating a heart attack the treatment will vary by sex. Thus, there has to be a de facto gender designation when a "body" enters a hospital.
A pitch, a basketball court or an octagon could have its own definition of gender but is that a good idea?
https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/About-Us/HH-Landing-Pages/When-it-comes-to-heart-disease-women-and-men-are-not-equal.aspx https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/About-Us/HH-Landing-Pages/When-...
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- smt88 8y agoYou are confusing gender and sex, which are not the same thing. Also, sex itself is much more complicated than people think[1]. It's not as binary and concrete as XX/XY, and there are also people born with both sets of reproductive organs. 1. https://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2015/02/sex-isn-t-chromosomes-story-century-misconceptions-about-x-y https://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2015/02/sex-isn-t-...
- SCAQTony 8y agoAs far as my definitions are concerned, they are correct. Nothing is concrete or black and white. Sexuality is complex but arguing over semantics regarding outliers does not make a fact.
- smt88 8y agoIt's not arguing semantics when biologists are describing two separate things. There are animals with two sexes and three genders. There are animals that can change their sex. There are animals that can change their gender, but not their sex. We're talking about separate concepts, and it's not a silly, meaningless effort to define separate terms for them.