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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Biology exists, no one is arguing that.[/b]

What people seem to oddly conflate is the idea that "gender is a social construct" means that "gender isn't real"... its VERY real. Social constructs are real, they have a basis in culture vs. science but that doesn't mean they aren't real.  The language that "gender doesn't exist" somehow got tagged to people who advocate for trans rights, when that is obviously not true. Its not purely binary and never has been but it certainly exists- even though the roles and meanings of those gender terms are entirely built by the culture they are in. [/quote]

Then why use “sex assigned at birth” instead of “biological sex”? Biologically we are male or female [b](anomalies excluded)[/b], do you agree?[/quote]

The bolded is why. [b]Sex assigned at birth is used because doctors/nurses/midwives can only assign sex by sight at birth[/b]- they aren't pricking a finger to get blood to check on the DNA of each child, and thus they can't say if they are one of those in the statistical small minority (.05-1.5% of population has intersex traits in some fashion per Amnesty International recent studies). You keep wanting to say anomalies, but to keep in perspective only about 1-2% of the population has red hair. So that's why language evolves, medical professionals know they can only assign the sex at birth by sight not make a biological determination of say XXY [/quote]

No, they’re using the biology of males having penises and females having vaginas. It’s biology. It’s fact.

I understand people with physical anomalies with their sex organs having identity issues, but I don’t think that describes many transgender people. Aren’t the vast majority of them biologically male or female?

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