To root for or against Laurel Hubbard?

To root for or against Laurel Hubbard? Jul 29, 2021 15:28:14 GMT

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Post by weststigersbob on Jul 29, 2021 15:28:14 GMT

Jul 29, 2021 14:22:54 GMT Jep Gambardella said:

Jul 29, 2021 3:07:16 GMT weststigersbob said:

“Nature only made two sexes” is patently WRONG. Biologically there is a wide continuum between male and female individuals of a species. This is a proven scientific fact. It has ZERO to do with “SJW nonsense”.

At the risk of sounding like I endorse Mulder and Scully’s views, which I don’t, I have to object to what you are saying here. When 49.99% of individuals are entirely male and 49.99% are entirely female, it’s a bit silly to say that biologically there is a “wide continuum” between male and female individuals. That’s like saying that since some babies are born with six fingers on each hand and some babies are born with four fingers, human beings have between four and six fingers. No, human beings have five fingers on each hand. The existence of a tiny number of genetic malformations doesn’t negate that fact.

There is a wide continuum, because biologically “sex” is determined by several factors (between 5 to 9 depending upon the source) but two of them common to all sources are the chromosomal makeup of an individual, and the hormonal makeup of an individual. One of these can be changed. The other cannot.
While I agree that the overwhelming majority of people are either ‘completely’ male or female - the variety and complexity inbetween is undeniably vast - and that applies to both.
Now within the bounds of ‘completely male’ and ‘completely female’ is not where most trans people are. To say otherwise is a simple denial of facts. Most have some form of hormonal imbalance in the simplest form.
There is no athlete claiming to be ‘trans’ who is simply a “man in drag”. Why ? Because in order to qualify for women’s events, there has to be significant and sustained change toward the female of the species in several factors including non-medicated stable hormone levels and endocrine systems, to the point that medical experts agree that the person involved is literally a female of species.

Sounds complex ? Well it is. And this is solely people who are “trans” - individuals who have had their entire “setup” measured and reviewed by several doctors, surgeons and specialists. Then there are people like Caster Semenya - truly intersex with the external organs of a female, but with male chromosomes and raised testosterone levels who until her adulthood had no idea that she wasn’t “completely female”.