hugehungcanadian
Superior Member
Legit go back and read my first response, to which you decided to join this discussion from, and try to understand it. The following is a very simple explanation, just for you.
What you are describing Gender as is what Sex is! Sex is purely biological, and this why every person in the work falls into one of three sexes (XY - male, XX - female, or any other variation - biointersex, hermaphroditism, etc).
Gender is an identity that forms as a result of societies expectations of individuals and groups, predominately on the basis of their Sex, or other expressed physical characteristics. Though different hormone fluctuations at different points in ones life could possibly be related to how individuals determine their gender identity (there is a bit of science around this, though no one has been able to prove this point), there is nothing biologically that would make someone identify with a specific gender.
An example of this would be a biological (sex) male with XY chromosomes, who has abnormally high levels of the hormone estrogen, could still easily identify with their sex as being male.
This is why trans identities exist. In my case I am a biological male (sex) and identify as being a male within the context of my society/community (gender) therefore I would be understood to be a cis-gendered male. If I were a biological female (XX) and identify as being a male within the context of my society/community (gender), I would be understood to be a trans-gendered male.
Happy for you to @ me again if you wish to keep going with this.
Who decides your gender? A study published in November 2017 suggests that these sorts of girly toy preferences aren’t simply a reflection of gendered social pressures. A meta-analysis of research, reviewing 16 studies on the subject that collectively included some 1,600 children, found that both biology affects toy choices. The researchers found a huge effect size (1.03 for boys playing with boys’ toys more than girls, and 0.9 for girls playing with girls toys more than boys; anything above 0.8 is considered “large”) across geographical regions.
The arguments for altering or scrapping gender identification are manifold. Biological sex is irrelevant, goes one; it's how you self-identify that counts. By not forcing people into "his" and "hers" boxes, goes another, we will reduce stereotyping and advance equality. At the root of these arguments is the belief that the very concept of a "gender binary" is false, harmful, and archaic, as well as man made or socially constructed.
It seems ridiculous to have to argue this, but the science is settled. The two biological sexes (and there are only two) are broadly (though by no means perfectly) coterminous with gender. This holds for nearly every species in the animal kingdom, even us, and for all societies on Earth. Close to 100 per cent of the human race is born with a set of either male or female chromosomes. A small number of people are born with chromosomal and/or reproductive abnormalities, and these people are commonly identified as "intersex."
Many sex differences are biological, and they matter. Sexual differentiation is driven by sexual reproduction, which is the basic mechanism of animal evolution. It's the way that animals get together and pool their DNA. Anyone who claims that sex differentiation is a socially constructed myth, or doesn't matter, must have flunked Biology 101.
In other words, changing people's birth certificates may make them feel better. But it doesn't change the facts. You can say your eyes are brown. But if your eyes are blue, that doesn't make it so.