The census asks "what is your sex?" 80 academics and statisticians tell @ONS that people should not be guided to answer what they feel, but what they really are. Census is basic demographic data. Its important that it's accurate. @thetimeshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sex-question-catapults-census-into-trans-war-vq29nfvsg?shareToken=46f05cedbedb88fef571d7aefc354808 …
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Maybe the census should ask, "What is your karyotype?" The sexes are, by definition, just categories that we all pass into & out of over the course of our lives. Like the category "teenager". Anything but immutable
, unlike karyotype.
See my convo:
https://letter.wiki/conversation/259#letter_1035 …pic.twitter.com/wBaLauoNmP
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Which? Karyotype? Should be standard lingo in basic biology courses. Far too many have muddied the waters as to what the sexes actually denote. Need to go back to first principles, to science. ICYMI, see my: https://letter.wiki/conversation/185#letter_671 … Includes thread by Dr. Emma Hilton.
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