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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

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[–] MicrondeMMMMMMM@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Like, there are women out there with higher testorone than the average man

No, that doesn't happen, the adrenal glands and ovaries do not produce enough t to reach even very low male levels, testosterone for the most part is produced in the testicules which cis women do not have. that much testosterone would transition a woman into a man, they would grow beard and get a deeper voice, that's how HRT works for FtMs.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

they would grow beard and get a deeper voice, that’s how HRT works for FtMs.

Plenty of people with XY chromosomes can't grow facial and have a high pitched voice well into their 20s or even after

And plenty of people with XX chromosomes shave/wax/bleach facial hair and have deep voices.

Hormones aren't binary, there's a bunch of different hormones that can be in a lot of different ranges

And that's not even getting into the other options besides XX/XY

Stop trying to make everyone conform to your binary views on gender.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

She's not talking about gender he's talking about sex. Someone born with testicles with XY chromosomes is always going to produce more testosterone than someone born with ovaries with XX chromosomes - assuming both sexual organs are functioning as expected.

[–] MicrondeMMMMMMM@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry this is bothering me a bit but if by "He" you meant me, I use she/her pronouns I'll put It in my bio :)

[–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Changed it. I always assume people online are male for some reason. I didn't read your username

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