03-19-2025, 10:50 PM
This entire political controversy is absurd.
At the same time, the mechanisms of sex determination can be super complex.
Some turtles, the sex of the babies is determined by the temperature the eggs are incubated in.
In chickens and many birds, it's the Z chromosome.
For the overwhelming number of homo sapiens, sex is determined by how the XX and XY chromosomes work (or, sometimes, don't).
For gender, you can decide whether it's a 'skirt' or a 'kilt'. Doesn't matter what/how your XX or XY chromosomes work to determine whether you wear that garment. Culture, not biology, determines that decision.
My view is - UBU.
At the same time, the mechanisms of sex determination can be super complex.
Some turtles, the sex of the babies is determined by the temperature the eggs are incubated in.
In chickens and many birds, it's the Z chromosome.
For the overwhelming number of homo sapiens, sex is determined by how the XX and XY chromosomes work (or, sometimes, don't).
For gender, you can decide whether it's a 'skirt' or a 'kilt'. Doesn't matter what/how your XX or XY chromosomes work to determine whether you wear that garment. Culture, not biology, determines that decision.
My view is - UBU.