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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Aren't there skeletal differences that an anthropologist would point out?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Humans have sexual dimorphism, but it's a cultural thing that women wear skirts and men drink themselves to death instead of talking about their problems (both of these are jokes btw. I have a friend who wore kilts quite often and my mother drank herself to death)

Also, genetics is tricky, there a plenty of examples of people who do not fall into one category or another for these sexually dimorphic traits. There are people who have genetics from both sex, as well and differences in hormones distributions will causes these traits to appear or not appear.

Is a huge grey area.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You're confusing sex with gender

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I want a sex reveal party. Who’s having sex in the bedroom right now? Let’s find out!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Isn't that basically what they did at weddings in times gone by?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Very interesting, I appreciate the link.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Which no one would then know at the point of a typical gender reveal party.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

A baby is a baby! Don't need an excuse to celebrate new life. :)

In the off chance I ever reproduce, I want "I'm pregnant, chips and dips party!" style events. Everyone wins at those.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

People generally expect you to have an excuse, though. Otherwise, you get your one baby shower (only the first baby!) and anything else is tacky. I think that's why gender reveals caught on so fast. The parents and, maybe, grandparents are grasping at excuses to celebrate. And why people find them so cringe in general. Everyone else is a bit annoyed you're getting more than your one party.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's called a baby shower.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Not with that attitude

  • pulls out mobile X-Ray *
[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The anthropologist might see skeletal differences but they'd also pay attention to the manner in which the subject was buried or what possessions survived with them that could also serve as clues of the subject's identity in life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly; for instance, if two people of the same (biological) sex were buried together, it means they were definitely just very good friends.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Bert and Ernie?

Oscar and Gil?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It's a cultural anthropologist, obviously! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Skeletal differences are related to sex not gender.