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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is because of this issue that I cannot call myself a liberal any more.

I am female. When I was in high school, I was not girly, I did not fit in, I crushed on other girls, and I possessed (and still do) many attributes and strengths more commonly associated with males, and I had depression and anxiety. I believe that if this had been a thing at the time, I would very likely have concluded that I was trans.

It is TERRIFYING to me that “affirmation,” surgery and hormones are the go-to treatment now for young people in the throes of figuring out who they are. I am not happy at all that that transgenderism is being normalized. I am so glad this wasn’t really a thing yet when I was growing up. I am afraid for my young daughter who exhibits many of the non gender conforming traits that I did.

I agree with a PP that the movement is, at its heart, anti-woman.
I don’t care what FCPS says about it. I will not keep my kids out of Sex Ed for this but I will make sure they understand that  :arrow:  :arrow:  :arrow: [u][b] sex is defined by gametes[/b][/u] and not feelings or personality characteristics. I will also ensure that my children understand the mechanism behind all rational discussion and scientific research on this being shut down.[/quote]

Always, or sometimes? Most of the time? If you are a stickler for scientific accuracy, and it is "usually" so, then you should say "usually."

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Is she female? She has a female pelvic bone structure, female voice and hands. grew breasts at puberty, and other than a lack of pubic hair and period, looked just like any other girl, but she has XY chromosomes.

https://geneticdisorders.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/androgen-insensitivity-syndrome/[/quote]

Wouldn’t this person fall under intersex? This is really irrelevant to the discussion of non-intersex individuals whose brains supposedly do not match their bodies.
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Yes. This person falls under intersex. Which is why it is relevant to a discussion in which someone was claiming that scientifically, "[b]sex is defined by gametes[/b][u]," period. Full stop.

It isn't. Not always. Gametes, which each carry one chromosome, do not always determine phenotype.

I have added the arrows above so that you can follow the conversation.[/quote]

I think I see what you are trying to say here, but that is not quite what I’m talking about. I’m well aware that chromosomes do not necessarily determine phenotype. However, an organism that produces ova is female. One that produces sperm is male. I was not aware that this was under debate.

Of course someone with androgen insensitivity since birth is likely to acquire more feminine physical and mental traits, and I see how this can be understood scientifically.
Where is the science that explains how someone with XY chromosomes and typical male phenotype could have a brain that is female?
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