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From the first paragraph: > What do I mean by this? I – and I’m assuming many who are not online or on Twitter on a regular basis – understand gender and sex t
by humanistbot 4y ago
From the first paragraph:
> What do I mean by this? I – and I’m assuming many who are not online or on Twitter on a regular basis – understand gender and sex to be interchangeable. When we say woman, we mean a homo sapiens with a female phenotype and XX chromosomes. When we say man, we mean a homo sapiens with a male phenotype and XY chromosomes. This is the “binary” that is somehow problematic, despite being a simple material reality. Calling it problematic is like calling out sand for being made of silicate to be problematic. Or calling out hydrogen peroxide for not liking silver problematic.
The author does not appear to understand the distinction between biological sex and the cultural understanding of gender, which is a core position of the "woke ideology" the author is trying to critique. Instead of presenting their opponent's arguments and then rebutting them, they double-down on the naturalistic fallacy.