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Adherence to cultural sex stereotypes is a spectrum, isn't it? Within the context mentioned by the other commenter, that's what "non binary" refers to: not beha
by obunta 3y ago
Adherence to cultural sex stereotypes is a spectrum, isn't it? Within the context mentioned by the other commenter, that's what "non binary" refers to: not behaving in an entirely feminine or masculine manner.
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- obunta 3y agoI think we may be talking past each other. How does what you're saying relate to the "non binary" concept?
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- kelseyfrog 3y agoHow much do you know about reification as it applies to the field of sociology? It might be something worth looking into.
- huytersd 3y agoI don’t think your genetic makeup is an abstraction.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI'm not following your reasoning. It appears to be disjointed. Please explain
- huytersd 3y agoReification is the false assumption of using something abstract to make an objective classification. My point is in this case the underlying is not abstract, it’s as objective as it gets (your genetic makeup is a fact).
- kelseyfrog 3y agoThings that are grounded can be reified. That's often the case. Grounding gender in chromosomes doesn't mean that gender isn't being reified.
- defrost 3y agoSure. This is as absolutely true as saying elements within the universe are fundementally binary, an atom is either hydrogen or helium (with the exception of atomic aberrations). The math is the same, 2% of elements within the universe are other than H or He, and 2% of human births have chromosomal aberrations.
- datascienced 3y agoAs an aside don’t astronomers call any non H/He element “metal”?
- defrost 3y agoBang on - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallicity To be clearer (and fair to the context): "Pure" intersex is conditions in which chromosomal sex is inconsistent with phenotypic sex, or in which the phenotype is not classifiable as either male or female", stating the prevalence of intersex is about 0.018% whereas more general chromosomal aberrations that deviate from " unquestionably male " or from " unquestionably female " come in at just under 2% (as I recall). FWiW I believe there's a bit more to behaviour than pure genetics but it's a hard one to pin down; outside of western society there are many places with a long history for not caring about gender nearly as much as abrahamic westerners seem to; the Bugis, pacific sistergirls, etc. From a datascience perspective there's a non zero number of actual people in Australia that are born intersex and neither male nor female at birth to warrent a non specific gender entry on passport databases .. as a matter of cold pragmatic fact divorced from any "woke" and|or "culture war" politic posturing.
- obunta 3y ago[flagged]