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Jan 7, 2020 23:12:36 GMT
Post by queenzod on Jan 7, 2020 23:12:36 GMT
There was a very interesting thread on Twitter by a scientist who went into detail about the XX/XY thing. Of course I’m not going to remember or even quote it properly, lol, but they went into many other variations of just those two possibilities. So while it’s true that most people present as XX or XY, there are other variants that belie the two sexes hypothesis.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 7, 2020 23:52:30 GMT
There are a lot of "scientists" on Twitter explaining THAT. Mostly they are social scientists but a few claim to be doctors or even biologists. Maybe! I'm not but I know those very rare irregularities were considered at least until very recently abnormalities that in some cases affected the health of those affected in a lot of ways. They also suffered some unnecessary surgeries when the condition was noticeable and they were very little so they could looked "normal". This sometimes affected their development (insensitivity or chronic pain when some nerve were affected). There is some activism for intersex rights but again their number is minimal so maybe that's why it's not easy to hear about them. Anyway, until recently they were very worried of not being confused with trans (on the other hand some modern trans activists suggest both issues are related. They aren't. Most trans people aren't intersex) and they found offensive the suggestion that they were a third sex.
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Jan 8, 2020 0:06:06 GMT
Post by queenzod on Jan 8, 2020 0:06:06 GMT
Well, again, it’s people carving out increasingly smaller niches for their labels, and while it’s a good idea to question definitions in general, I can’t help but think that people are retreating behind walls of their own making in the name of inclusivity. I mean, none of this is who you *are* it’s just slapping labels on people. On the other hand, precision in labeling is also important, so I dunno. Haha! 🥴
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 8, 2020 0:23:26 GMT
In this case is a medical condition so it goes beyond any identity in itself. They used to be called hermaphrodites in the dark times although for the wokes the dark times were anytime before they born like five years ago so...
I feel a lot of the discourses around identities are good old postmodernism and this is probably not even controversial with them. I was very into this in the 90s at University. I read a lot of Foucault at my time! I remember a professor that was very cynical about it and talked about how to believe everything was relative was just to negate reality and for good or bad I totally understand him now!
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Post by ellie on Jan 8, 2020 0:47:50 GMT
Yes as Sgev says there are some variations on the xx xy chromosome delineation but these are rare and fall under what I think is now described as “intersex”. The vast majority of people, including trans people fall into either the xx or xy delineation as their biological sex. Of course they are free to identify as a different sex and live their life as such but does not mean that their chromosomes change too. It’s a very technical point of course but nonetheless a fact.
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Jan 8, 2020 17:37:35 GMT
Post by onebluestocking on Jan 8, 2020 17:37:35 GMT
Why did they change the term for this? I read the other day that the word 'transgender' is now offensive. Isn't that just what trans is short for? I never understand people constantly changing what things are called, but suspect it's to be able to find offense with people outside of the community (who aren't constantly reading about it and up on the latest jargon) and shut down whatever they are saying because of a technicality like using the old name.
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Jan 8, 2020 18:08:59 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 8, 2020 18:08:59 GMT
I think it was because it suggested that they were both male and female and that wasn't true and was offensive. I think intersex is also polemic because it suggests something in between.
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Jan 13, 2020 2:56:35 GMT
Post by sgev1977 on Jan 13, 2020 2:56:35 GMT
1917 also won Best Cinematography and Best Editing,
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Jan 13, 2020 15:00:55 GMT
Post by mllemass on Jan 13, 2020 15:00:55 GMT
10 Oscar nominations! It’s interesting that it won Best Editing at Critic’s Choice awards, but wasn’t even nominated for Best Editing Oscar.
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Post by MagdaFR on Jan 19, 2020 12:33:35 GMT
1917 won PGA's award. The meltdown on twitter!
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