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But that’s obviously the people trying to redefine sex to not be using the gametes.
Look y’all I know nothing about biology but I’ve heard enough definitions of sex to know that there isn’t a clear consensus on one, binary or not. I do know that if you want to wellactually a binary definition into this you might be part of the problem. (Unless, that is, it’s interesting enough and you phrase it differently idk.)
It's not binary. Anyone not accepting this needs to stop talking about biology because it is clearly not rheir field
That's demonstrating the variation within the sex binary. You're confusing how sex is determined with how sex is defined.
If, as you falsely claim, sex is determined by rather than defined by chromosomes, and that you can split it in a binary way based on a body being "organised around" gamete size, then by your own logic, you should find it very easy indeed to completely disentangle this pictogram showing which side is male and which is female, splitting neatly into large gametes on one size and small ones on that other, and with primary and then secondary characteristics following neatly underneath and no crossed lines. That's what your trump-dictated theory claims. Draw it, if it's that simple. I'll wait.
There isn't any "detangling" like you're thinking, because you misunderstand the chart. For example, multiple conditions can lead to infertility. That doesn't mean the conditions can't be distinguished from each other, that just means the chart is kind of confusing.
At any rate, these conditions have a clear sex. For example, "Klinefelter syndrome (KS), also known as 47,XXY, is a chromosome anomaly where a male has an extra X chromosome". The term mixed gonadal dysgenesis isn't very specific, but sex can still be determined in each case, e.g. Turner syndrome.
Are there any examples from the chart you think disprove the sex binary?
My apologies, I didn't think I needed to spell it out this simply. I gave one example of how people with that condition are unambiguously sexed, and asked if you were confused on the others.
There's no getting around the fact that it's a bad chart, but somebody conveniently has already made better ones. I'll copy them here, in order that they appear in the colored line in the chart. Here's the first one that explains what each box means:
(Mixed gondal dysgenesis, as discussed above, this isn't a single condition, it's an umbrella term)
Note the sex listed on each chart. None of them are unambiguous. Before you start inevitably complaining about the chart, why did you trust the first chart? Simply because it agreed with you?
Stop and consider before you respond: do you have any substantial critiques of these charts? Or are you just going to find some irrelevant detail and obsess about that? That's called trolling, and you certainly wouldn't want to do that, right? You'll respond in good faith, yes?
Love how you have me ten charts with plenty of overlap and claim that they're all separate but when you look even superficially, you find that they overlap a lot like the original chart!
You claim there are two binary sexes then give me TEN and the male and female ones overlap!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You can't even tell the difference between two sexes and ten!
Of course you can't complete the task. It's impossible.
If you like, try again. Two sexes. One chart. No criss-crossing. No sneaky putting the same thing on both the male and female sides of the chart, because it's binary, isn't it? Simply split it by what size of gametes the body is "organised around" producing! Your very own (oh, no, sorry, trump's) definition!
Bruh. You realize that each one of those charts isn't a different sex, right?
I'll take that as "no you can't disentangle them"
They're disentangled already, but before clarifying how you're wrong, let's make sure you understand. Can you affirm you understand that those don't each represent a different sex?
What the fuck are finding hard about "same thing at the top of several of them" that made you think they were disentangled? If I made maps where only one underground line was on each map it would in no way prove that the lines aren't tangled in real life! Are you completely stupid or is it an act for the purpose of trolling more?
Given that we disagree about the meaning of the word sex and your charts use your definition, why on earth would it be meaningful for you to slap the word male and female on ten diargams that appear unconnected in only the most stupid and superficial sense that they're in separate images, and why the fuck do you think I would fall for such a juvenile ruse?
If your (trump-following) "organised around producing" large gametes or small gametes theory that you've been telling everyone about for days and days on end holds water, have one chart, no duplicated nodes, split by gamete size, no tangles, the body is "organised" around the size of the gametes by your own definition, all the primary and secondary sexual characteristics well easily follow the "organisation" you claim is so definitive.
Or admit that your definition is useless.
I didn't slap anything on anything. Do you understand that those charts don't each represent a different sex?
Did you understand that anyone who actually knows something about it also knows that sex is more complicated than you claim? Did you understand that you're being a complete arse to trans people? Wait, yes, you knew that one. That was the deliberate part.
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
I understand that you're unable to use your definition to untangle the real chart. It's OK, I knew that you wouldn't be able to, and I also knew that you wouldn't be able to admit that you can't, because I also know that you want to win more than you want to be right. You're quite happy to be wrong as long as you're winning.
One day you may realise that truth and people are more important than winning, but that day is definitely not going to be today, and definitely won't be written about using the powerstruggle account. Do you think that Charlie kirk realised that his loyalty to winning arguments was misplaced as he was dying, or do you think he died happy for a cause he believed in - the right to bear arms no matter the consequences?
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
I understand that using reason, logic, truth and sense to debate with you was a waste of time and that we continue to disagree about sex. You claim there are only two sexes yet you are unable to demonstrate that on the real chart and you are unable to see that your eleven charts would be tangled up if you drew them as one diagram with one node each for each set of chromosomes, but there I go, talking logic to a bigoted troll who wouldn't admit they were wrong under any circumstances whatsoever, because truth matters to them less than "winning".
Did you own the libs again, powerstruggle? Did all the little red downvotes on the rest of the conversation prove you were winning your little war against the libs?
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
I don't think you're very good at spotting when I'm being facetious and when I'm making a serious point. Let's try again.
Hahahahahahahaha powerstruggle can't even tell the difference been TEN and TWO!
Your diagrams overlap a lot and it's a lie to say that you have disentangled the real chart when you have ignored and omitted details that don't fit with your oversimplified untestable pseudoscience.
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
Your heart's not really in it any more, is it? You're not even trying to win the argument at all, you're just trying to get the last word.
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
Do you understand that you're autistic and trans and in denial?
No, you don't. But we do.
Do you understand that those charts don’t each represent a different sex?
Why would it matter either way?
Consider some of those people are trying to do that for rational reasons and check the article as an example of such reasons.
I think I agree with you and my irony just got lost. But again, I don’t know enough to be sure.
All I’m sure about is that if you use your biological non-consensus to tell folks what their identity should be it’s shitty.
And I think we were arguing the same thing but I’m tired.