Saying "pregnant patient" instead of "pregnant woman" doesn't somehow stop us from learning about biological mechanisms related to sex. No one is denying that h

Saying "pregnant patient" instead of "pregnant woman" doesn't somehow stop us from learning about biological mechanisms related to sex. No one is denying that having XX chromosomes increases your risk of getting pregnant -- they're just saying that you shouldn't use language that incorrectly assumes than everyone in that situation is a woman. The absurd claim that people in medical schools are denying the existence of biological sex requires that you take everything said in bad faith and assume the dumbest possible interpretation. For example: > > “Biological sex, sexual orientation, and gender are all constructs. These are all constructs that we have created.” > In other words, some of the country’s top medical students are being taught that humans are not, like other mammals, a species comprising two sexes. The notion of sex, they are learning, is just a man-made creation. When people say that biological sex is a construct, they're not saying that humans are actually sexless beings like angels and physical differences between men and women are just a lie made up by the patriarchy -- no one seriously believes such a thing. They're just saying that the way that we classify biological sex is based on our socially constructed ideas about gender. For example, children who are born with features of both sexes are often given surgery to make their bodies fit with the norm for one gender or the other so that they can grow up as a "normal" boy or girl. In other words, the sex someone is deemed to be is based on how we expect them to live in our society. Similarly, when trans people go through medical transition, some of their sex features change and others don't. Whether you view them as having changed their biological sex is a "is it hot in Athens" sort of question, and it's probably going to be affected by your social views on trans people. You might not view issues like this as sufficient to call biological sex a "construct," but you should be able to understand how someone might come to that view without believing outrage-driven fantasies about medical students thinking that sex is imaginary.