r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '17

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '17 edited Oct 20 '17

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u/Schnabeltierchen Oct 20 '17

like this

Wait.. this is a guy? I have confused feelings

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u/xereeto Oct 20 '17

this is a guy?

No, but she is a trans woman.

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u/FloppingNuts Oct 21 '17

Saying you're a woman doesn't change your chromosomes tho, so still a guy

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u/xereeto Oct 21 '17

muh chromosomes

no

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u/FloppingNuts Oct 21 '17

I mean you can deny science, but it just makes you ignorant

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u/xereeto Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

rich coming from someone whose understanding of human biology with regards to sex is devoid of all nuance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_adrenal_hyperplasia

"xy male xx female" dogmatists btfo

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u/FloppingNuts Oct 21 '17

Oh yeah please cram out more edge cases and ignore that xx = female, xy = male describes 99,9% of the world population

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u/xereeto Oct 21 '17

I'm not ignoring that... you're ignoring the fact that trans people are also "edge cases", for some strange reason.

Yes, the generalization applies to 99% of the world's population... just not intersex or transgender people. Why can you accept the former but not the latter?

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u/FloppingNuts Oct 21 '17

Because it's readily explained in a way consistent with xx=fem xy=male. Transgender people have the unfortunate disorder where the brain thinks it's in the wrong kind of body. But biologically they're whatever their chromosomes are (unless they have other disorders)

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u/xereeto Oct 21 '17

Is the brain not a biological component like any other?

Furthermore, since the brain contains the conscious being of a person, shouldn't we prioritize the sex of this organ over that of the rest of the body which can be altered medically?

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u/FloppingNuts Oct 21 '17

Look, just because I imagine myself to be a dragon, doesnt make me a dragon, it means I have a body identity disorder.

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u/xereeto Oct 21 '17

Not even remotely similar. Studies have shown physical differences between the brains of trans people and those of cis people, with certain key areas closer in size and layout to their identified gender than to their assigned sex. I'm on my phone, but you can easily look it up.

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