Let me reiterate: this is INDEPENDENT OF SEX HORMONES. I have repeatedly stated that women are NOT men with low testosterone and treating them as such medically is as daft and dangerous as treating children medically as merely small adults.
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However, there is an alarming trend to ignore biological sex due to the fact that some people are uncomfortable as the sex they are. This is wildly irresponsible, and poses major risks for both males and females who expect medical treatment as whatever sex they claim to be.
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(One comment about intersex conditions: they are conditions, not new sexes. This isn't some "gotcha" to pretend sex doesn't exist, any more than Trisomy 11 is some "gotcha" that humans don't exist. Sometimes nature has errors in development, and we have to work with them. )
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Females have female cells, female skeletons, female neurochemistry, etc. Testosterone will not turn them into the male versions, and vice versa for males and estrogen. Sex exists, and it matters, especially in medicine.
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I cannot reiterate this enough: it can be deadly to pretend that sex doesn't exist in medicine. And doctors don't run genetic screens on everyone before starting treatment on you. They also don't usually check your genitals. You risk your life when you lie to your doctor.
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And for those who say "Come ON, no one will lie to their DOCTOR!" I ask why would they NOT if they have decided that they are the opposite sex?pic.twitter.com/OpKu1NFbE9
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To sum up: sex exists, lying about your sex to your doctor is dangerous and stupid, and your sex is what your sex is, not what you want your sex to be. (I conclude with some examples of reality-denying madness I am seeing on Twitter.)pic.twitter.com/U5trQfYd8o
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And some more. (Note, these examples took about 30 seconds to compile. These are not rare. At all.)pic.twitter.com/uBBHkeBIQh
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