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> It’s not true that biological sex is completely deterministic in the behavior of non-human animals I don’t think anyone claims it is completely deterministic

> It’s not true that biological sex is completely deterministic in the behavior of non-human animals I don’t think anyone claims it is completely deterministic. But it is very significant, to the extent that is may as well as be completely for purposes of discussion or publishing papers. While there are female lions that act in an atypical manner, the vast majority act similarly enough to say something like “female lions hunt for the pride” without need an asterisk.

swalling 4y ago
Right, it's useful, realistic, and mostly uncontroversial to assume that there are typical vs. atypical sex differences in behavior in basically any population. The problem is there are a ton of people who try to use that fact to justify forcing everyone to fit the typical trend. "Most people are right hand dominant, so everyone should learn to write right handed or be punished" is the milder historical example. The worst case scenario is "it's legally defensible to murder someone because they don't conform to expected gender roles" https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/member-features/gay-trans-panic-defense/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/member-...