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They shouldn't be pushing this stuff down teenager's throats, that's for sure. I'm fully supportive of equal rights for intersex people, among other disenfranc
by vonseel 8y ago
They shouldn't be pushing this stuff down teenager's throats, that's for sure.
I'm fully supportive of equal rights for intersex people, among other disenfranchised groups, but this is ridiculous.
They aren't going to get anywhere by saying "bodies are not male or female" or any of the other bullshit arguments in this video.
Intersex is a real thing, apparently it's not just one specific thing[1] and it can manifest in different variations to the sex hormones.
Intersex people should be treated fairly and equally. I don't know any intersex personally, but if I did, I hope that I could be an honest friend and treat them with compassion.
All of that said, it isn't going to change my viewpoint that most people are either female or male; for the most part, there are only two genders. Are they asking us to consider that a third, unassigned gender is a normality and the world should be divided into more than two genders?
You can identify as a robot, for all I care; but if you are born XX-chromosomal with a vagina, you're a woman, if you're born XY with a penis, you are a male. If you are born with some odd mixture of chromosome or sexual organs, then it's up to you to decide and I guess that's what the video is trying to say, after all. I'm not going to judge anyone for it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
- fzeroracer 8y agoYou're making the common mistake of equating gender with sex. Gender is how society expects a person to express themselves and how an individual identifies. Sex is the genetic component behind it. You also ignore the hormone component of gender expression. Someone could be born male, yet look feminine as a result of other factors and how they choose to express themselves. The reverse is true for women.
- tree_of_item 8y agoThe problem is that things like the USA's recent Equality Act go as far as to define sex in terms of gender identity. Trans activists are encouraging the equation of gender and sex. They want to say that people can identify as male or female because "male bodies" and "female bodies" are just a matter of perspective.
- vonseel 8y agoHm, kind of like race versus ethnicity. My mistake. I think I have heard this before.