Too often missing in debates about the science of gender is the *vast* anthropological evidence out there.
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Molecular hormonal endocrinology, as a field, is younger than the backpropagation neural network. Ada Lovelace's work predates Berthold's.
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The entire field of studying gender vis-à-vis hormones is a recent development built under western binaries.
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Yet there are 1000s of years of historical records, in cultures on every continent, recognizing non-binary gender or transgender people.
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This information deserves more weight than it gets.
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Anthropological information *is* scientific data. Historical records of comets and supernovae are used in astronomy.
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Archaeological digs and folk legends are used in geology.
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So when people erase trans identities by saying "it's science!" they usually have *no idea* what they're talking about.
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