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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Why didn't they say egg and sperm lol

"On" means a circuit belonging, at time of observation, to the larger number.

"Off" means a circuit belonging, at time of observations, to the nothing number.

These people are on a hilariously dumb level of evil. They can't be for real with this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I would think "if you have a Y chromosome, you're male" would be a better definition to fit what they're trying to do

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 minutes ago

Chromosomes are almost never tested at birth, and so 99% of people walking around don’t actually know what chromosomes they have. Enforcing any law based on chromosomes for purposes like this would be nearly impossible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

the thing is that there is no good hard definition of sexes, the best you can do is just go "they fill the general role of male" but guess what! that includes trans people :))

[–] [email protected] 33 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Embryos can't produce gametes. Everyone is agender now.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

YOU KNOW WHO I WORRY ABOUT COMING INTO WOMEN'S BATHROOMS, CONSERVATIVES?

CIS MEN.

I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER HAD A TRANS WOMAN MAKE ME FEEL UNSAFE IN THERE. BUT I HAVE HAD CIS MEN FOLLOW ME IN AND ATTEMPT ASSAULT.

MEN DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CONVOLUTED STEPS OF TRANSITIONING TO GAIN ACCESS TO WOMEN'S BATHROOMS, YOU FUCKING IDIOTS

MAYBE ADDRESS THAT FIRST? NO???

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[–] [email protected] 30 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

They believe that anyone can claim they're a woman now and that's it. And once it's done they can just walk into women's bathrooms. They're just telling on themselves, projecting on trans people. They're just sex obsessed freaks, all of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I know. I was raised in a fundie church. I did not escape unscathed. They're fucked up perverts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I grew up in a fundie church as well. No one escapes unscathed. Glad you got out. I hope you're able to heal. Fuck Bill Gothard!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I've said that if I was wealthy, I would force legislation that was trans friendly by (as a cis woman) going into women's bathrooms in Congress, standing on toilets, and staring at women.

Women's bathrooms don't have urinals! There's no reason for anyone to be afraid of anyone seeing anything in there, unless they stand on toilets, and Im fully of the opinion that the gender of the person doing that has nothing to do with how creepy it is!!

Maybe if you're actually worried, all bathrooms should be, I dunno, gender neutral with full doors that close all the way? For maximum safety?

And I believe nothing can get that point across quite like demonstrating that I, as an almost middle aged, fat woman who looks like I could safely run for a Rwpublican seat, standing on toilets and staring at people.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 47 minutes ago

as an almost middle aged, fat woman who looks like I could safely run for a Rwpublican seat, standing on toilets

I’m kind of worried about your safety now, since public restrooms don’t generally have toilet lids. Perhaps bring a stool to safely appear to be standing on the toilet.

[–] WolfLink 22 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe if you're actually worried, all bathrooms should be, I dunno, gender neutral with full doors that close all the way? For maximum safety?

They made a bathroom at my university that’s gender neutral with stalls that are fully ceiling to floor with no gaps in the door.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Kansas City airport also has this!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago

And this is how it should be everywhere!

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[–] [email protected] 178 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Since there is insufficient cell differentiation at conception to produce any reproductive cells, does that mean that according to the white house, all people are legally non-binary now?

[–] [email protected] 81 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Female gametes are expressed first, so we've all been forced to be women

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

We did it, we broke the glass ceiling.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Are they expressed AT CONCEPTION?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

This is what is expressed during conception.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Who would have thought that Trump would be the first female president of the United States

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Actually, he's the first agender president. Embryos don't produce any gametes at conception. The idea that embryos are all female is a myth spread by people who don't believe in nonbinary sex.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The idea that embryos are all female is a myth spread by people who don't believe in nonbinary sex.

I'm struggling to understand what you mean here, are you talking about intersex?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

They would be the better pronoun in this instance then.

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

So we’re all female. Neat!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 43 minutes ago

I’ve been using the wrong bathrooms all this time. I need to start walking into women’s bathrooms, saying “it’s ok, Trump defined me as female”.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Alright, I'll keep my promise. All the homies can hit it.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 19 hours ago

“You know what we mean!”

So we’re back to gender being a social construct then.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I recommend everyone visit the DMV as soon as possible to change their license. It's an order from the commander in chief.

Now that I think of it: every DMV should be only be able to issue licenses with a female designation. Facts and law suites don't care about your feelings, snow flakes.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

when the fascists accidentally forcefem all of america:

[–] [email protected] 17 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

*neuter

Embryos don't produce gametes of any type.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

Alright then, take your pills, Alice.

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[–] Tar_alcaran 27 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I'm no biologist, but I'm pretty sure nobody produces gametes at conception. If you want to be pedantic, oocytes form before birth, but actual sperm and eggs don't show up till puberty (feel free to correct me).

Now, I would LOVE if we don't assign gender till puberty, but I still don't like the method.

[–] festnt 3 points 8 hours ago

i've always thought the egg cells were produced before birth and at puberty they just start being released

and i agree about not assigning gender until puberty. kids before puberty barely even show any sexual dimorphism anyway. though i have to say there would need to be A LOT of educating people about sex and gender before we get there

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe I'm blazed off my rocker, but isn't that an approximate definition you'd get from a biology prof. if they're in a hurry? I swear I heard something like that in one genetics class many moons ago. (I know the actual quote is probably wrong, but the rest is meh ok yeah sure.)

[–] rustydrd 10 points 9 hours ago

The problem with this definition is that sex differentiation is determined by many genes, and the genetic makeup at conception is not always indicative of what primary and secondary sexual characteristics will develop. This is purely with regards to biological sex, and we're not even talking about a person's gender here.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What about people who produce neither?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

They usually handwave and claim "they don't count" because they can't reproduce, assuming that somehow means they can be ignored.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 minutes ago

I especially like definitions that don't even take menopause into account

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 21 hours ago

Republicans showing once again their cognitive prowess.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 21 hours ago

It’s the gamete crowd, but adapted for the crowd that can’t spell “gamete”.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm a late bloomer but I started producing reproduce cells long after conception

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