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Indeed; people in the tech community often think of themselves as somehow especially rational, and sometimes as hyper-logical with reduced biases, but that's ju

Indeed; people in the tech community often think of themselves as somehow especially rational, and sometimes as hyper-logical with reduced biases, but that's just the tech community's particular self-delusion. The tech community contains the full spectrum just like every other.

newsclues 5y ago
Do the rational tech people believe the science of gametes or do they put their faith in a different belief on how gender works?
- EliRivers 5y ago
  There aren't any rational tech people; just tech people who believe they are free of bias.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  They differentiate between biological sex (which is also more complex when considered in full) from gender. It's quite simple really.
- dashundchen 5y ago
  This argument relies entirely on the (almost always intentional) misunderstanding that sex is the same as gender or its social expression.
LatteLazy 5y ago
The rational answers to both these questions is to accept we don't know (whether a fetus has a soul or how many genders) and stop trying to force whatever unproven answer we personally prefer onto everyone else. If you don't believe in abortion, don't get one. If you think there are 2 genders, pick from those. But don't act like you have some concrete proof you're right when you don't...
- weezin 5y ago
  That falls apart when: 1. You believe abortion is the act of taking someone else's life. 2. You try to dictate other people's speech to acknowledge there are more than 2 genders when the person you are telling doesn't believe it. Seems weird that you would frame it in a 1 sided way.
  - shartacct 5y ago
    Who cares what you believe? Scientific fact/consensus says you're wrong.
- gametes 5y ago
  There are two sexes. Sexes are the phenotypes of a sexually dimorphic species; one produces sperm, the other ova. "Gender" is a mostly meaningless term invented in the last century and, according to Judith Butler, is "performance" but what's important to know is that gender is a choice and largely boils down to fashion. Unfortunately, sex affects gender by affecting behavior through hormones and reproductive roles, so it's not scientifically accurate to say that gender is 100% socially constructed, and it is correct to say there are two sexes, only. Intersex conditions, since they have no gametes correlated to their conditions, are not sexes. The individuals are between the two sexes. This does not make sex a spectrum. It does not increase the number of sexes. If there were more than two, there would be more types of gametes. Period. Now downvote me if you don't believe in science.

newsclues 5y ago

Do the rational tech people believe the science of gametes or do they put their faith in a different belief on how gender works?

EliRivers 5y ago
There aren't any rational tech people; just tech people who believe they are free of bias.
PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
They differentiate between biological sex (which is also more complex when considered in full) from gender. It's quite simple really.
dashundchen 5y ago
This argument relies entirely on the (almost always intentional) misunderstanding that sex is the same as gender or its social expression.

LatteLazy 5y ago

The rational answers to both these questions is to accept we don't know (whether a fetus has a soul or how many genders) and stop trying to force whatever unproven answer we personally prefer onto everyone else. If you don't believe in abortion, don't get one. If you think there are 2 genders, pick from those. But don't act like you have some concrete proof you're right when you don't...

weezin 5y ago
That falls apart when: 1. You believe abortion is the act of taking someone else's life. 2. You try to dictate other people's speech to acknowledge there are more than 2 genders when the person you are telling doesn't believe it. Seems weird that you would frame it in a 1 sided way.
- shartacct 5y ago
  Who cares what you believe? Scientific fact/consensus says you're wrong.
gametes 5y ago
There are two sexes. Sexes are the phenotypes of a sexually dimorphic species; one produces sperm, the other ova. "Gender" is a mostly meaningless term invented in the last century and, according to Judith Butler, is "performance" but what's important to know is that gender is a choice and largely boils down to fashion. Unfortunately, sex affects gender by affecting behavior through hormones and reproductive roles, so it's not scientifically accurate to say that gender is 100% socially constructed, and it is correct to say there are two sexes, only. Intersex conditions, since they have no gametes correlated to their conditions, are not sexes. The individuals are between the two sexes. This does not make sex a spectrum. It does not increase the number of sexes. If there were more than two, there would be more types of gametes. Period. Now downvote me if you don't believe in science.