Refuting "biological sex is binary bc gametes"

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[–]IridescentAnaconda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Notwithstanding errors in gametogenesis, every ovum has exactly one X chromosome and every sperm has exactly one X or one Y chromosome. The resulting zygote has two sex chromosomes, either XX or XY, except in the case when there are errors in gametogenesis (note that this kind of error is abnormal and the result of some failure in the process of meiosis). Even when there are -- abnormally -- three sex chromosomes, in order to have a viable organism, epigenetic processes necessarily silence the genes on one of them so that the correct dosing can occur for expression and subsequent translation. In summary, the cellular machinery in humans (and really almost all eukaryotes) is fundamentally organized around binary sex chromosomes. Sure, in a very small percentage, failures in the usual processes can still result in a viable organism, but these are failures and not normal biology. Certainly I wish intersex individuals healthy and fulfilling lives, but the biology that resulted in their chromosomal makeup is not normal.

And, frankly, using intersex and infertile individuals to advance your evil agenda is really despicable.

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    [–]IridescentAnaconda 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    This is a stupid argument. According to you, in order to say anything definite about anything you need 100% concordance. That is not how science works. Typically some process is noted up to some tolerable statistical limit, beyond which it is considered unexplained variability. In the case of Kleinfelter and similar genetic abnormalities, it is explained as failures in cellular machinery.

    But you do you, keep advancing your evil agenda.

    (FWIW, I don't care what medically horrific body modifications adults consent to, but it is pure evil to force this on children.)

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      [–]IridescentAnaconda 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      And so many of these "beautiful trans females" complain about how straight men use them as f.ck-toys but have no interest in them for LTRs. Sure, statistically, some of them find marital bliss, but it's harder to achieve by several orders of magnitude. You can complain about how awful cisgendered straight men are but the fact remains that the vast majority of them do not want to date or marry a transwoman, and this is where the trans fantasy meets the hard bumpy road of reality. Also, most gay men don't want to date (or even f.ck) a transwoman, so there really isn't anyone left.

      As for transbians, well that's a whole other ball of narcissistic dysfunction.

      As a cis-gendered gay man with a somewhat masculine bearing it has not been difficult throughout my life to find other gay men who have wanted to f.ck and/or date me, and I am now married to a man I love who loves (among other things) my masculinity. If I had been transitioned as a kid because I was GNC, it would be much more likely that I would be single and miserable.

      Again, I don't care what adults decide to do (as long as what they do doesn't impact the well being of others). But children are not developmentally able to consent to life-altering hormonal treatment and surgery. This is where I draw a razor-sharp line.