Comment by rootusrootus
6 years ago
This sounds incredibly sad and dystopian.
And silly, too. Regardless of what is going on inside a person's head (which we can choose to respect, absolutely), biologically there is definitely just two genders. You can identify however you like, modify if you wish, but in the end your body will be one or the other, right along with your voice.
Gender is not a biological concept, period; that's sex. Your body is also distinctly not "one or the other", given that a large portion of the world is born with one of several intersex conditions.
> a large portion of the world is born with one of several intersex conditions
No, a very very small portion. Gender doesn't vary independently from sex, you'd be hard pressed to find a stronger correlation. It's misleading to consider them as totally separate things.
I figured someone would try to bring up malfunctions. No, DNA is pretty clear on the whole male/female thing. Malfunctions are just that.
Redefining gender is an uphill battle. I won't wish you good luck in doing that, I'd prefer coming up with a new term for this goal.
Is DNA pretty clear on the whole male/female thing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_male_syndrome
There is no such thing as a malfunction in genetics - every single biological property is the result of some imperfect copy some time in the past.
> Your body is also distinctly not "one or the other", given that a large portion of the world is born with one of several intersex conditions.
What sort of "intersex conditions" are large portions of the world born with? What do you mean by "large portion?" Like 50%? 30%?
Happy to follow a link if you don't want to type it out and would rather paste a URL
One can espouse such opinions freely and openly but alas disagreeing in any sort of way would often be unwise from a career and public profile perspective.