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[–] IZZI@lemm.ee 1 points 6 minutes ago

XY it's man, XX it's woman, nothing will ever change that...

There are intersex people, of course: Klinfelter syndrome (XXY) Turner syndrome (X) There is also XXXY which brings serious disabilities

So you as a man puttin on a wig WILL NEVER make you a woman.

"~95% of all animals in the world are ghonocoric in which individuals are either female or male sex" - "Genome evolution and mating systems in plants" Aline Muyle and Gabriel Marais

You are either a man, a woman, or you have a syndrome, a genetical mutation, a birth defect. It's a delusion to believe that you can change your biological sex during your lifetime.

I will never hold anything against these poor souls, it's not their fault for how they were born. But people cutting up their genitals and saying they are a woman now while stuffing themselves full of hormones are simply delusional.

I'm so glad that were I live there are virtually 0 "trans". Only time in my life when I had to say "Please stop talking to me and imagine I don't exist" was with a dude cosplaying as a woman.

And no, you won't change speech, you are a man and a he, a woman and a she. That's it, you can get as angry as you want, nothing will ever change that.

[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Critically thinking now, how strong is the evidence here?

[–] Allero 3 points 35 minutes ago

Those are two real medical diagnoses - Swyer syndrome or XY gonadal dysgenesis for XY women (occurs in about 1:100000 women) and de la Chapelle syndrome or XX male syndrome for XX men (occurs in about 1:20000 to 1:30000 men)

Here is a NORD report on Swyer syndrome, as well as the original article on de la Chapelle syndrome: 1.https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/swyer-syndrome/ 2.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1762158/

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago) (1 children)

A person’s biological sex usually refers to their status as female or male depending on their chromosomes, reproductive organs, and other characteristics. Chromosomes are tightly packed DNA, or molecules that contain the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living things. Humans typically have forty-six chromosomes. Two of those are sex chromosomes that contain instructions for the development and functioning of characteristics related to biological sex, such as reproductive organs. There are two kinds of human sex chromosomes, X and Y. Individuals identified as males tend to have one X and one Y chromosome, while those identified as females tend to have two X chromosomes. However, other people are born with other chromosome combinations, such as XXY, that lead them to develop a mix of characteristics. People who fit that description are often referred to as intersex, a category for people whose bodies do not conform with stereotypical expectations of males or females at birth.

Taken from here

Evidence seems pretty strong to me.

[–] IZZI@lemm.ee -1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah, and those are malformations and genetical defects that come with a lot of problems.

I don't know why people glorify them... Also, there is absolutely no way that a man born with XY magically will change it in their lifetime as the posts sugests.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 2 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

This article seems to disagree. But I don't know much on the subject so I might be misunderstanding.

Also, no matter what the correct answer is, pretending the answer is binary is definitely wrong. Since it's obviously a lot more complicated.

[–] IZZI@lemm.ee 1 points 1 minute ago

From the article:

"Girls born with XY chromosomes are genetically boys but for a variety of reasons – mutations in genes that determine sexual development"

And again, they don't magically become the other sex, that was already determined at birth.

[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 3 points 4 hours ago

People who see gender as a F or M binary in 2025 are willingly ignorant to the bone.

[–] holdstrong@lemm.ee 37 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

“It’s basic biology” mfs when advanced biology

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

it is basic biology, ie biology simplified to teach a kid in middle school. the thing is sciences don't stop at middle school level. a lot of university education is about clarifying that things you learned before were simplified to the point that they're practically useless if not outright wrong.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Light travels in straight lines, next year its a wave and then its particles. What you said isso true about uni rethreading.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

To be fair light does travel in straight lines (more or less... ignoring that nothing travels in any set or even single path something something veritasium video), its not lights fault if a straight line in physical reality doesn't always happen to match up with the geometry we invented.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

See I didnt go that far, mindboggling

[–] EnthusiasticNature94@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I agree with Dr. Jey McCreight on the science.

But for determining truth, both sides are wrong here.

Dunning-Kruger is bad, but so is credentialism and appeal to authority.

Many people with PhD's have had Dunning-Kruger. Someone else mentioned Ben Carson being great at neurosurgery, but not politics.

A PhD doesn't make you infallible.

I am saying this as someone who is taking graduate-level courses and will be pursuing my PhD. When I'm correct, it's not because my future PhD causes reality to magically conform to my opinions - it's because I rigorously looked at the evidence, logic, and formed my own conclusion that better aligns with reality.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 2 points 7 hours ago

If one hasn't fallen victim to Dunning-Kruger, then they have not advanced their knowledge in any meaningful capacity.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

You can even be incorrect on a subject you have expertise in.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

that's why we have peer reviews for new findings by experts.

Exactly, imagine if we threw away the entire peer review process and made it about, "Well I have a PhD! Checkmate."

We'd descend into a dark age for science.

Experts often disagree.

If it were that easy, everything would be solved. We wouldn't need so much research or so many universities.

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The phrase is funny but you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a logical fallacy

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Can I interest you in a logical phallus?

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 2 points 5 hours ago

Wouldn't that be a logic probe?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

....and all in between, hormonal and/or physically. "Only two genders" is false

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 1 day ago (4 children)

To be fair, a Person with a PhD still can have Dunning-Kruger on other subjects.

Ben Carson is a great Neurosurgeon, but dumbass on politics.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Neil deGrasse Tyson and literally anything other than astrophysics

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 hours ago

And sometimes also astrophysics

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[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 14 hours ago

Error: url1 and url2 are the same

[–] Tibi@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 15 hours ago

I think it's sus that a Math Lecturer decides to post an article about philosophy and then doesn't describe any of the steps he took. The article basically just says i did a thing, but doesnt explain what he did/how to reproduce the result... On the other hand, philosophy is a field with many wrong conclusions and the like, so it is believable. But again in my eyes it's not proven, since it's just 'one guy' saying something and not replicated nor reproduced.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One time a woman told me that my lack of a second X Chromosome meant I would "always be a man"

So I gaslit her into thinking her husband had klinefelters.

I hate how Republicans think transphobia is science

[–] jaek@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That's gloriously devious

[–] Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online 52 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I think a lot of these XX XY "only two genders" people aren't just dunning Kruger, they're transphobic idiots with an agenda. So even if they had the science and knowledge it wouldn't matter because they're pushing their hateful stupid agenda, facts and logic be damned. They don't care, they just want to rationalize hating us trans people because we make them uncomfy.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 126 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

Note how they always enshrine gender in biology, but then make all kinds of non-biological statements about what gender is.

"XX is woman"/"Large gametes is woman"/"can conceive is woman"

And then they'll say

"Women aren't as aggressive", "women are more emotional", "women like being in the home more", "those are women's clothes", etc.

The only reason it's so important for it to be biological is because of how it punishes gender non-conformity and makes the lives of trans people hell. Like it isn't ideologically consistent and they know that. They just don't care. If it was just about genitals or chromosomes, then why is it that gender dictates all these social things about us? The only reason to root gender in how you were born is to ensure gender roles are as rigid and immutable as possible.

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