"Biologically male/female" - an outdated (and harmful) notion

[MntT77]

Meh. No one cares unless it's someone in their own family that falls outside of social norms. My brother has been taking hormones for about two months and one day wants me to consider him my sister. At first I thought "This is what I get for laughing at people on Jerry Springer". The voice in my head (Conway Twitty) said "Not so funny now, is it hoss?". People refer to him as a she and I almost correct them. Then, I remember that's what he's going for. I kind of feel like I dodged a genetic bullet. Which is really selfish. But hey, I can't help but feel lucky that I don't want to trade in my parts and take hormones for the rest of my life. Plus, he wants to be a str8 woman. I'd just end up a really ugly lesbian.

You should refer to her as 'she', too. It's not easy if you're used to using male pronouns, but after a while you'd soon get used to it. :) (This, of course, is assuming that it's safe to do so)

 

[JDub]

^Yeah, if he lets me pick out his tits I might think about it! XD
On a serious note. I know it'll come to that point. I just don't know if I'll know when that point is.

 

[Norik]

Bullshit. Sex is indeed defined by genitalia (or at least "biological sex", as you call it). The sole purpose of having two sexes is a reproductive one: A male inserts his genetic material into the female's womb through her vagina by the means of his penis. The male then protects the female until the offspring can live on it's own. Pretty much all combinations other than xx or xy are infertile, and can therefore be considered as a genetic disorder, but it's not really a big deal (much like an albino or an Asperger).

Should these people be treated differently? Absolutely NOT. In fact, I don't see what the big deal is. You have a dick? Then you're a guy. Period. This doesn't (or shouldn't) have any effect on your behavior whatsoever, saying that you should act like a female or consider yourself one simply because you're an xx male is just as ridiculous saying you should act "ghetto" because you're black. These are simply genetic traits, and people shouldn't use them to categorize other people. That's just wrong. However we do use all these traits in legal documents, but just to identify people more effectively.

You say this is dangerous, but I honestly fail to see what the issue is.

 

[LP]

Not saying I disagree but you can present your argument much better. Not only that, but I think saying identifying someone as "biologicaly" or "born" sex allows for much less confusion than other ways of identifying people's sex.

Regardless, all I know is that, if I slept with a female who was born a male, I wouldn't want to know...

 

[LP]

Not to mention that there's always the classification of hermaphrodite...I honestly don't see where the problem lies with referring to somene's biological sex...unless that person is screwed up.