It's not always biological sex we want to talk about. Sometimes it is personal & cultural concepts of masculinity & femininity.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And I completely agree that it's essential not to confuse the two & that people do this a lot for ideological reasons & it's a problem.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The author distinguishes between biology & feelings & I agree that's important but point out that both are vitally important to humans.
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I think you make a logical error here. By separating feelings from biology, you resurrect the erroneous "Ghost in the Machine".
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That's why I went on to say this.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/861897303547940864 …
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Our perceptions are as much a biological reality as any other. We cannot objectively measure perception, but we can do for biology.
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It is what the author makes as a point: once we know what "dials" are switched, we can determine gender without requiring perception.pic.twitter.com/MCMAlvg8at
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Replying to @DeMondige
You're missing my point completely. I may perceive a man as a bit feminine. You might not see it at all.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
All the more reason to exclude perception entirely and refer to which structural dials are switched in order to differentiate.
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That's really what I do. Look at the ways people made sense of sex and gender historically. The biological reality remains the same.
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