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> Women typically have two X chromosomes Isn't this actually the definition of female?

supertofu 3y ago
Turner syndrome describes a biological female with just one X chromosome.
TheCoelacanth 3y ago
No, there are cases where males have two X chromosomes[1][2], cases where females have more[3] or less[4] than two and of course trans-women who most commonly have XY chromosomes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXYY_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXYY_syndrome [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisomy_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisomy_X [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome
altairprime 3y ago
> > Women typically have two X chromosomes > Isn't this actually the definition of female? ‘Women’ and ‘female’ are not interchangeable; one is a gender characteristic, the other is a sex characteristic. The statement as made is valid: Women are statistically likely to be XX, rather than XY or XXY or no doubt many other variations. ‘XX is female’ is a convenient rubric that is easy to remember, but as is usual for such things, human bodies do not respect convenient rubrics regarding genetics and sexes.
- n8henrie 3y ago
  Perhaps you meant "'XX is female' is a convenient rubric"?
  - altairprime 3y ago
    Yep! Fixed, thanks.
- viisio 3y ago
  No, they're both sex characteristics. It's just that there are individuals with sex chromosome aneuploidies who will develop a female phenotype, e.g. X0 (Turner syndrome) and XXX (trisomy X), and also XY individuals where the Y chromosome is deficient in specific ways, e.g. Swyer syndrome.
- tzs 3y ago
  > ‘Women’ and ‘female’ are not interchangeable; one is a gender characteristic, the other is a sex characteristic. That's not what most dictionaries say. They say a 'woman' is an adult female human.
AussieWog93 3y ago
Come on man. This article is about autoimmune diseases, not witty quips about trans women.

Turner syndrome describes a biological female with just one X chromosome.

No, there are cases where males have two X chromosomes[1][2], cases where females have more[3] or less[4] than two and of course trans-women who most commonly have XY chromosomes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXYY_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXYY_syndrome [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisomy_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisomy_X [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome

altairprime 3y ago

> > Women typically have two X chromosomes > Isn't this actually the definition of female? ‘Women’ and ‘female’ are not interchangeable; one is a gender characteristic, the other is a sex characteristic. The statement as made is valid: Women are statistically likely to be XX, rather than XY or XXY or no doubt many other variations. ‘XX is female’ is a convenient rubric that is easy to remember, but as is usual for such things, human bodies do not respect convenient rubrics regarding genetics and sexes.

n8henrie 3y ago
Perhaps you meant "'XX is female' is a convenient rubric"?
- altairprime 3y ago
  Yep! Fixed, thanks.
viisio 3y ago
No, they're both sex characteristics. It's just that there are individuals with sex chromosome aneuploidies who will develop a female phenotype, e.g. X0 (Turner syndrome) and XXX (trisomy X), and also XY individuals where the Y chromosome is deficient in specific ways, e.g. Swyer syndrome.
tzs 3y ago
> ‘Women’ and ‘female’ are not interchangeable; one is a gender characteristic, the other is a sex characteristic. That's not what most dictionaries say. They say a 'woman' is an adult female human.

AussieWog93 3y ago

Come on man. This article is about autoimmune diseases, not witty quips about trans women.