Post by Sheila on Apr 7, 2024 9:13:17 GMT -5
Some people would have us believe that sex and gender aren't the same thing. One is biological and the other is some kind of choice. They want us to play the game of using another person's chosen pronouns even if the person is obviously either male or female and they tell us the opposite. They're basically telling us a man who claims to be a woman, or vice versa, has magically changed their gender. But is this true?
The simple science is this: a female has two X chromosomes (XX) and a male has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY). This fact can't be changed. These chromosomes are present in a set combination at birth and will remain the same even when a body is lying in a grave. No matter how many surgeries a person has to remove and/or replace sexual organs or how often they get injected with the hormones of the opposite sex, the chromosome combination remains exactly the same. A male is still a male and a female is still a female regardless of their outward appearance.
Ignoring the above fact, some scientists today have decided to make the attempt to convince everyone sex or gender can be altered by surgery and hormones because gender can only be determined by the soft tissues and organs. Gabby Yearwood, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, recently declared that there's no difference in the skeletons of males and females [1]. Yet anyone who has ever watched a documentary about Egyptian mummies or forensic science knows the professor is a science denier. Scientists have been able to determine the sex of skeletons for decades. In one recent study, anthropologists were given parts of skeletons to study. The inexperienced anthropologists correctly determined the sex 95.04% of the time and experienced anthropologists correctly determined the sex 99.1% of the time [2]. The differences in bone structure are caused by the chromosomes with which the deceased person was born. Anyone who agrees with Yearwood's so-called facts and passes them along as "real" science are doing so only in the attempt to advance their ideology and are also science deniers.
The 1989 version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defined "gender" as "sex". These two words were viewed as being different words for the same thing. To determine the more specific meaning of the word "gender", we turn to the definition of "sex" which is "either of two groups into which many living things are divided according to their roles in reproduction and which are distinguished as male or female" [3]. The role in reproduction is determined by the organs present which are, in turn, determined by DNA. In order to attempt to alter the way people who follow the established science think, all that has to be done is change or add to the definitions. This is done in order to push the ideology that "sex" and "gender" aren't the same thing. The current online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has added to the definition of "gender". According to them and all the people who want us to believe gender is a choice, they say that "gender" is "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex". Other sites define "gender" as the sex of the person being considered in reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones.
Changing the definition of words doesn't change the most basic biological facts of sex and gender. The only thing the new definition supports is the fact that gender dysphoria is based on the emotions of a person. This dysphoria is a psychological conflict between the sex a person was "assigned" at birth and the gender with which they identify. The psychological identity of a person doesn't change the scientific fact that a male is a male and female is a female. The same so-called "experts" who want everyone to play along with an individual's psychological gender choice are the same people who would tell us not to play along with the delusions of schizophrenics and people suffering from other mental illnesses. Those patients are treated with mental therapy and psychotropic medications. So what's the difference with gender dysphoria? Instead of performing surgeries that will alter a person's life forever even if they change their minds and have the surgeries "reversed" or pumping them full of hormones that the scientists still don't know the long term effects of, these people should be referred to psychological therapy to help them realize their sex and gender are set at birth.
The only science that provides any "proof" that sex and gender are different things is psychology. Biological science has proven that they're the same. No matter what gender a person thinks they are, a male will always be a male and a female will always be a female.
1. "Woke University of Pittsburgh professor denies difference in male, female skeletons"; New York Post; Natalie O'Neil; 3/31/2023.
2. "The reliability of sex determination of skeletons from forensic context in the Balkins"; PubMed; Marija Duric; 1/29/2005.
3. The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster Inc, Publishers; 1989.
The simple science is this: a female has two X chromosomes (XX) and a male has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY). This fact can't be changed. These chromosomes are present in a set combination at birth and will remain the same even when a body is lying in a grave. No matter how many surgeries a person has to remove and/or replace sexual organs or how often they get injected with the hormones of the opposite sex, the chromosome combination remains exactly the same. A male is still a male and a female is still a female regardless of their outward appearance.
Ignoring the above fact, some scientists today have decided to make the attempt to convince everyone sex or gender can be altered by surgery and hormones because gender can only be determined by the soft tissues and organs. Gabby Yearwood, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, recently declared that there's no difference in the skeletons of males and females [1]. Yet anyone who has ever watched a documentary about Egyptian mummies or forensic science knows the professor is a science denier. Scientists have been able to determine the sex of skeletons for decades. In one recent study, anthropologists were given parts of skeletons to study. The inexperienced anthropologists correctly determined the sex 95.04% of the time and experienced anthropologists correctly determined the sex 99.1% of the time [2]. The differences in bone structure are caused by the chromosomes with which the deceased person was born. Anyone who agrees with Yearwood's so-called facts and passes them along as "real" science are doing so only in the attempt to advance their ideology and are also science deniers.
The 1989 version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defined "gender" as "sex". These two words were viewed as being different words for the same thing. To determine the more specific meaning of the word "gender", we turn to the definition of "sex" which is "either of two groups into which many living things are divided according to their roles in reproduction and which are distinguished as male or female" [3]. The role in reproduction is determined by the organs present which are, in turn, determined by DNA. In order to attempt to alter the way people who follow the established science think, all that has to be done is change or add to the definitions. This is done in order to push the ideology that "sex" and "gender" aren't the same thing. The current online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary has added to the definition of "gender". According to them and all the people who want us to believe gender is a choice, they say that "gender" is "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex". Other sites define "gender" as the sex of the person being considered in reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones.
Changing the definition of words doesn't change the most basic biological facts of sex and gender. The only thing the new definition supports is the fact that gender dysphoria is based on the emotions of a person. This dysphoria is a psychological conflict between the sex a person was "assigned" at birth and the gender with which they identify. The psychological identity of a person doesn't change the scientific fact that a male is a male and female is a female. The same so-called "experts" who want everyone to play along with an individual's psychological gender choice are the same people who would tell us not to play along with the delusions of schizophrenics and people suffering from other mental illnesses. Those patients are treated with mental therapy and psychotropic medications. So what's the difference with gender dysphoria? Instead of performing surgeries that will alter a person's life forever even if they change their minds and have the surgeries "reversed" or pumping them full of hormones that the scientists still don't know the long term effects of, these people should be referred to psychological therapy to help them realize their sex and gender are set at birth.
The only science that provides any "proof" that sex and gender are different things is psychology. Biological science has proven that they're the same. No matter what gender a person thinks they are, a male will always be a male and a female will always be a female.
1. "Woke University of Pittsburgh professor denies difference in male, female skeletons"; New York Post; Natalie O'Neil; 3/31/2023.
2. "The reliability of sex determination of skeletons from forensic context in the Balkins"; PubMed; Marija Duric; 1/29/2005.
3. The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster Inc, Publishers; 1989.
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