How do you define woman?
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Do you see that this excludes women who do not necessarily have the reproductive parts that “females” are thought to be born with? Why exclude? What are the gains there? Exclusion perpetuates the problems were trying solve, no?
No it doesn't. Girls (most often XX but there are rare chromosome variations) who are born with female anatomy but eg incomplete vaginas, no uterus etc are female. Boys/ men who express traditionally feminine gender roles or have plastic surgery do not literally become women.
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Why is there a problem w excluding males from definition of females? What word would up use to describe the sex that is able (if no complications) to produce ova, gestate pregnancy, breastfeed. Can u see that there is a problem for these ppl if there is *no name* for this group?
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What makes this group female? It seems like a 'logical construct': picking together assorted things (reproductive capacity, aesthetic, chromosomes), chucking these chosen items in a shopping trolley, calling it 'female'. Moreover, why does that constructed identity matter?
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Nope.Nothing aesthetic about it. Sex chromosomes & reproductive capacity are not randomly 'assorted things' plucked into a trolley. Everybody's mother was female. Everybody's father was male. Every person is one of these two types even if they don't go on to be mothers or fathers
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