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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]26 years ago I took a cultural anthropology class in which I was taught that sex is biological, while gender is how you identify. We were taught that while there are 2 sexes, there are many different genders, and gender doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. It seems like there’s a cultural divide between older people who were taught these things and younger people who define sex the way we used to define gender. If sex is a spectrum and fluid and there are many different sexes, then [b]what is the difference between sex and gender[/b]?[/quote]

Chromosomal (science) vs. cultural (anthropology), respectively.

And yes, I agree with your anthropology class that there are a number of genders based on culture. There are genders in South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures that are not historically recognized in Western culture.

We know a lot more about atypical sexes than 26 years ago. Huge advances in chromosomal and genetic sequencing over the last quarter-century.

Male (XY) and female (XX) are the dominant sex chromosomes. No one argues against this. But there's a sizable list of atpyical chromosomal traits in which human individuals can be something in the middle, as identified by scientists. Some are specific to certain geographic areas. Just look at this list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#Population_figures

Those are actual, legit humans. I'm disturbed by how the rightwing is trying to de-humanize the existence of such individuals. It's become their violent rally cry. [/quote]

This is a very well written post and I’m also disturbed by how the right wing inches ever closer to Nazi ideology.[/quote]

Seems to me that it is the left that is performing medical experiments on the young.  [/quote]

Under your logic, testosterone injections and steroid use are also "medical experiments" that can affect gender compositions and identity.
Lots of dads give these to their high school football-playing sons. I knew quite a few at my high school in the 90s. [/quote]

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