Discussion»Questions»Life and Society» Gender is assigned by note of external genitalia but shouldn't allowances be made for error when internal organs and chromosomal
I'm going to make this very simple. Gender is based soley on biological appearance. If you have a penis, you're male. If you have a vagina, you're female, period! (lol, that was punny). Gender is not determined by choice or by feeling, or by whatever standard these people say gender is based on.
This is generally accurate, except in cases where determination is ambiguous, also known as intersex individuals. In the past, doctors would perform surgery in order to assign a sex. I'm not certain if chromosomal variations were taken into consideration. Unfortunately, as adults, these people might find themselves with anatomy with which they don't identify. As such, I don't think they are as willing to alter physiology today. Also, if a doctor cannot determine a sex by mere observation, not sure what they would put on a birth certificate. Is there a TBD on 21st century birth certificates?
What about people that have both a penis and a vagina ? that is where it gets kinda difficult. And there are a lot more of such babies than most people think
You're wrong Corey, Sometimes you can't tell. Sometimes development gets arrested somewhere where it could look like something and be something else. Google it.
You've toughed on an increasingly complex topic here & yes technically speaking having a penis makes you male ... but that's about five percent of what gender reassignment is all about. The desire for some to live their lives as the opposite sex to which they were born can often mean the difference between life & death & nobody but nobody would understand that unless they've been there. I've heard these comments a thousand times over & there's probably only two of you that MAY come slightly close to understanding what it's all about. As for the rest of you ... you've voiced a harmless observation of your thoughts ... but to the two presenters ... take your redneck views elsewhere ... oh & btw I have firsthand knowledge of this topic.
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