{"id":48981,"date":"2017-03-06T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T00:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/?p=48981"},"modified":"2017-03-06T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T06:30:15","slug":"my-own-private-wikipedia-male-female-chromosome-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/my-own-private-wikipedia-male-female-chromosome-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"my own private wikipedia: male, female, sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>1. In a sexual species, there are two sexes, MALE and FEMALE.<br \/>\n2. 99,93% of humans have XX or XY sex chromosomes (rest is mutation).<br \/>\n3. Being one sex but thinking you&#8217;re the other is a psychological disorder.<br \/>\n4. Mandating a widespread enabling of a psychological disorder is sociopathy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--- I just commented this on a transphobic post that was all like, \"In a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I'm not a bigot it's just science.\" ---><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a science teacher so I responded with this.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, in a sexual species, you can have females be XX and males be X (insects), you can have females be ZW and males be ZZ (birds), you can have females be females because they developed in a warm environment and males be males because they developed in a cool environment (reptiles), you can have females be females because they lost a penis sword fighting contest (some flatworms), you can have males be males because they were born female, but changed sexes because the only male in their group died (parrotfish and clownfish), you can have males look and act like females because they are trying to get close enough to actual females to mate with them (cuttlefish, bluegills, others), or you can be one of thousands of sexes (slime mold, some mushrooms.) Oh, did you mean humans? Oh ok then. You can be male because you were born female, but you have 5-alphareductase deficiency and so you grew a penis at age 12. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but you are insensitive to androgens, and so you have a female body. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but your Y is missing the SRY gene, and so you have a female body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but one of your X&#8217;s HAS an SRY gene, and so you have a male body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes- but also a Y. You can be female because you have only one X chromosome at all. And you can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but your heart and brain are male. And vice &#8211; effing &#8211; versa. Don&#8217;t use science to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird for that shit. <small>\u2013 Grace Ann on Facebook<\/small> <!--- https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grace.pokela.1\/posts\/10100443442509510?pnref=story ---><\/p>\n<p><!--- 'Last night Facebook user Grace Ann (real name Grace Pokela), a biology teacher at Arlington High School in Lagrangeville, New York,\u00a0saw this meme posted with the caption\u00a0\u201cIn a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I\u2019m not a bigot it\u2019s just science\u201d:' \n\nBeing a biologist,\u00a0Grace was well-equipped to respond\u2014so she posted a status poking a bunch of holes in the transphobic meme\u2019s logic:\n\nNot surprisingly, each of the scientific principles Grace cites is true:\n\t\u2022\tInsects use an XO sex determination system, while birds use the ZW system.\n\t\u2022\tA reptile\u2019s sex is at least partly determined by the temperature in which the egg develops.\n\t\u2022\tFlatworms transfer sperm through a process called penis fencing (which is described in graphic detail here).\n\t\u2022\tIn clownfish colonies, dominance is based on size, the female being the largest and the male being the second largest. If the female dies, the male gains weight and becomes the female for that group.\n\t\u2022\tOther fish species take on female attributes while mating, and they release sperm in the process.\n\t\u2022\tFungi like molds and mushrooms have 36,000 sexes.\nHumans also exhibit the wide range of sexual behaviors Grace discusses:\n\t\u2022\t5-alpha-reductase deficiency is a real (albeit rare) condition, in which young women grow a penis during puberty.\n\t\u2022\tAndrogen insensitivity syndrome is an intersex condition in which a person who is genetically male is resistant to male hormones . As a result, the person has some or all of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man.\n\t\u2022\tThe SRY gene is involved in male sexual development\u2014without it fetuses can be genetically male (with XY chromosomes) but have a female body. The same is true in females (with XX chromosomes), who can develop a male body without the SRY gene.\n\t\u2022\tXXY males are sterile, with small testes\u2014while women with only one X chromosome (a condition called Turner syndrome) are infertile and don\u2019t go through puberty. Males with two X chromosomes (called Klinefelter syndrome) are taller, with a higher risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis.\nThe post has already been shared almost 8,000 times and received almost 10,000 likes.\nPokela told the Observer that, like many people, she had become more politically aware after Trump\u2019s election, and thus the transphobic post made her angrier.\n\nhttp:\/\/observer.com\/2017\/03\/transgender-facebook-troll-biology-sexuality\/ ---><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. In a sexual species, there are two sexes, MALE and FEMALE. 2. 99,93% of humans have XX or XY sex chromosomes (rest is mutation). 3. Being one sex but thinking you&#8217;re the other is a psychological disorder. 4. Mandating a widespread enabling of a psychological disorder is sociopathy. 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