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All laws are subject to interpretation. Didn't you just appoint a judge to your Supreme Court who openly admitted that she couldn't define "a woman" because sh

All laws are subject to interpretation. Didn't you just appoint a judge to your Supreme Court who openly admitted that she couldn't define "a woman" because she "wasn't a biologist?" When you have such people interpreting laws, good luck to you with this one. It's clearly designed to suppress dissent, given the disastrous events of the last two years.

jhanschoo 4y ago
If laws are so openly subject to interpretation as to qualify for your scenario, this legislation would change nothing since doctors can presumably already be suppressed under "unprofessional conduct" by negligent treatment etc. as determined by CA's Medical Board. On the other hand, if laws were not that subject to interpretation, then I don't see how it affects your scenario.
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hayst4ck 4y ago
Here is an edge case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCevedoce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCevedoce Here's another: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome A general page on the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#Prevalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#Prevalence A podcast from a Stanford professor that talks about the topic from a biological point of view (not really social): https://hubermanlab.com/biological-influences-on-sex-sex-differences-and-preferences/ https://hubermanlab.com/biological-influences-on-sex-sex-dif... Between genetic factors, hormonal factors, environmental factors, social factors, and developmental factors it seems pretty clear that the definition of "woman" is a little more complicated than "has a vagina." The judge knew she didn't know things and said the equivalent of "I'm not an expert, I would defer to someone who knows more." When someone asks a yes or no question and you answer "I don't have sufficient information to answer the question" that is the type of person who should be given power. Saying something confidently while being blissfully unaware of complexity is a major problem, especially for a position that primarily deals with legal edge cases. The most valuable lesson in college is that "just because something is intuitive, doesn't mean it's correct." Personally, I trust a judge that thinks about edge cases much more than one ignores them or one that thinks they're an expert in a field they're not.
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jhanschoo 4y ago

If laws are so openly subject to interpretation as to qualify for your scenario, this legislation would change nothing since doctors can presumably already be suppressed under "unprofessional conduct" by negligent treatment etc. as determined by CA's Medical Board. On the other hand, if laws were not that subject to interpretation, then I don't see how it affects your scenario.

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hayst4ck 4y ago

Here is an edge case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCevedoce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCevedoce Here's another: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome A general page on the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#Prevalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#Prevalence A podcast from a Stanford professor that talks about the topic from a biological point of view (not really social): https://hubermanlab.com/biological-influences-on-sex-sex-differences-and-preferences/ https://hubermanlab.com/biological-influences-on-sex-sex-dif... Between genetic factors, hormonal factors, environmental factors, social factors, and developmental factors it seems pretty clear that the definition of "woman" is a little more complicated than "has a vagina." The judge knew she didn't know things and said the equivalent of "I'm not an expert, I would defer to someone who knows more." When someone asks a yes or no question and you answer "I don't have sufficient information to answer the question" that is the type of person who should be given power. Saying something confidently while being blissfully unaware of complexity is a major problem, especially for a position that primarily deals with legal edge cases. The most valuable lesson in college is that "just because something is intuitive, doesn't mean it's correct." Personally, I trust a judge that thinks about edge cases much more than one ignores them or one that thinks they're an expert in a field they're not.

SanjayMehta 4y ago