Worst of Social Justice

[TheUnknown]

Things that make a 3rd Year Biomedicine student cry:

or are you going to be a fucking anti-intellectual prick and tell me animals have socially constructed their sexes as well?

Animals never had any real ‘sex/gender’ attached to them in the first place eg given that ‘male’ birds are ZZ, ‘female’ birds are ZW and the chromosomes and sex determination system are so different from the XY determination system where females are the homogametic ‘sex’ (XX) and males are the heterogametic ‘sex’ (XY) in humans you wonder where humans drew that point of comparison in the first place.

biological facts

http://www.twisteddoodles.com/post/86414780702/working-in-science

There is no such thing as a ‘fact’ in science, there are theories supported by experimental data and statistical analysis and sometimes they turn out to be INCORRECT or mistaken for something else or there are multiple influences of which we have isolated only one.  If facts existed my life would be much easier.

our chromosomes

Our chromosomes (and their expression), environment AND epigenetic markers.

sex characteristics…any variance from that is an intersex condition and their existence

So if I decide the next day to have prophylactic surgery to remove my breasts because I don’t want to risk the chance of breast cancer and the “biological sex” I am born as is female will I spontaneously become intersex?

The concept of sex and gender has a complexity which can not simply be quantified. It is less of “biological sex” and more of the “social stereotypes that society places upon qualitative and visible phenotypic traits” which conflicts with what the person identifies as.

Even our definition of “biological sex” was extremely rigid (male, female or intersex as you describe), we’d still have an absolute MINIMUM of two sexes within their life. Everyone would at least be female (shortly after fertilisation) and then female or male or intersex.

Oh god, this is that "we're all intersexed and intersex has an evolutionary benefit because it exists" asshole, isn't it?  I think it is because of their use of bird sexes to try and prove a point.  They're basically trying to argue that biological sex is a social concept.

And yes, "people who know more than you" can still be wrong and biased.  I knew a girl who was in college to be a neurosurgeon, and on one of her university group projects, the group leader commandeered the project to push veganism.

Edit:  Just saw someone (who claims to be a practicing neurologist) respond to this, and called the OP 'obtuse', which is what I was thinking when I read this.  They also urge the OP to talk to their professor.

[I am lizard]

I'm a bit suspicious about what the guy meant buy "everyone is responsible for their own actions" either way they both seem kinda stooped.

[Ironchew]

I'm a bit suspicious about what the guy meant buy "everyone is responsible for their own actions"

People are responsible for their actions, at least from a non-deterministic or compatibilist viewpoint.

either way they both seem kinda stooped.

I don't see how their back posture figures into this.

[I am lizard]

Death to the stoopers.

[Commissar Kaz]

-snippity-

Heh, when I saw that first point, I thought they were trying to argue that animals can choose their own genders. I'm a little relieved I was wrong.

[niam2023]

That sounds like something a PETA member would do on their REALLY crazy days.

[Thejebusfire]

"And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains."

[MadCatTLX]

"And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains."

Talking at all is ableist and oppresses mute people, please don't talk. Listening is ableist and oppresses deaf people, please don't listen. Reading and writing is ableist and oppresses the blind and illiterate, please don't write. All forms of communication are oppressive. All humans should live in sensory deprivation tanks.

I seriously want to ask some of these people what they think of the story "Harrison Bergeron".

[solar.]

It's the horseshoe theory in action.

[The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist]

Literally all of Westeros is queer.

[Sigmaleph]

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Literally all of Westeros is queer.

In my headcanon, everyone is gay except Loras and Renly. And Oberyn is asexual.

[RavynousHunter]

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Literally all of Westeros is queer.

Funny how they didn't even touch Joffrey's sexuality.  Mostly because he's a psychotic, amoral, sadistic monster.

[Ultimate Paragon]

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Literally all of Westeros is queer.

Funny how they didn't even touch Joffrey's sexuality.  Mostly because he's a psychotic, amoral, sadistic monster.

And also because he's probably asexual, at least on the show.

[Thejebusfire]

Sometimes I wonder if little snowflakes like this have real conversations.

[RavynousHunter]

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Literally all of Westeros is queer.

Funny how they didn't even touch Joffrey's sexuality.  Mostly because he's a psychotic, amoral, sadistic monster.

And also because he's probably asexual, at least on the show.

Actually, he catches me as aromantic, but not asexual.  If I didn't know any better, I'd swear he was jacking off as he made the one whore beat the other with...what I could only assume was part of a hat rack or a very fancy mace.  He may not care either way about screwing, except to perpetuate the royal line, but he does seem to take near-sexual pleasure in suffering and pain.  Sooooo...sadosexual?