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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Jerry Coyne made a fool of himself at CSIcon, like any transphobic bigot.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/26/transphobia-rots-your-brain/
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- IN DEFENSE OF THE BINARY NATURE OF SEX Argument is completely limited to humans; is the binary of reproductive systems also “delusional” in other animals (e.g., foxes, ducks) or in plants? No evidence of any “brain modules” for gender identity. Do people who are temporally binary, with gender fluctuating over time, change sex each time they change gender? Fluctuations in referrals for gender dysphoria over time (20-fold in last ten years in UK) Are “pure” members of one sex (with the corresponding genitals, chromosomes, gametes and chromosomes), but who feel they're not of their natal sex, actually of the other sex? People have incorrect feelings about their nature all the time (yes, in their brains), but this doesn't mean that their self-image should be taken as biological reality. And what do we do with people who sincerely feel that they're other animals? Are they Indeed animals likes horses and cats? (remote)
