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Replying to the GP here, because his comment is flagged/dead now. > Scientifically I want to ask, is there gender fluidity? I spent a few hours last weekend re
by tablespoon 5y ago
Replying to the GP here, because his comment is flagged/dead now.
> Scientifically I want to ask, is there gender fluidity? I spent a few hours last weekend reading scientific papers on this topic because someone here posted confidently Male and Female don't depend on organs.
Honestly, the terminology in that space is a mess. For awhile I think people were drawing a distinction between "gender" and "sex," where "gender" was more ideological (man/woman) and sex biological (male/female), but it sounds like the person you were talking about was conflating those things (which may or may not have been intentional).
But frankly, I don't think "is there gender fluidity" is a scientific question. It's an ideological/cultural question, even if you have scientific authorities using their authority to shape the discussion.
- wpietri 5y agoYeah, same. Here's my reply to that poster: If you're going to be scientific about this (which a lot of people have if you want to read their work) you have to start with the biological and observational data and build up from there. Otherwise, you're just taking social categories learned in childhood and trying to fit data to them. Statements like "males are males" are basically the "Pluto is a planet" of gender. It's not scientific conclusion, it's asserting a belief.