It's not correct to say that producing small gametes is the definition of male sex. What biologists say is that males are of the CLASS that produces small gametes. So men before puberty, or after a double orchiectomy, are still male.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @intersexfacts and
You ever notice that when you ask people to define the concept of a "CLASS" in this sense you go around in circles and they end up constantly bringing up phrases like "all going well" and "under ideal circumstances" and "if not for certain defects"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paul_smortions and
Yeah - and ultimately, you can, of course, make whatever categories you wish, based on whatever criteria you wish. You can give those categories whatever names you want. But it really means you have to ask yourself what these categories are for.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and
Does anyone seriously need to ask what sexual reproduction categories are for?
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Replying to @paul_smortions @arthur_affect and
If the obvious answer is that they're for sexual reproduction, then why do we talk about them for people who are not trying to conceive?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @paul_smortions and
And it's significant to this whole question, because there are vanishingly few circumstances where one's capacity for sexual reproduction necessarily affects other parts of their life.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and
Tell that to the women getting paid less, promoted less, expected to do unpaid social care work, at risk of sexual violence etc etc.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @arthur_affect and
Do women get paid more, promoted more, and expected to do less unpaid social care work and suffer less sexual violence when they can't get pregnant?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect and
No, because they are still of the class that gets pregnant.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @mssilverstein and
Lol I love this shit It's so much fun to spin in these circles again and again
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"I love Trump because he's the churchgoing type of president, not like Obama" "Donald Trump has never attended regular church services in his life" "But he's the KIND OF PERSON who does"
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Replying to @intersexfacts @arthur_affect and
Saying that Trump has big Christian energy is the same as saying a trans woman has big man energy. Both apply the hypothetical speaker's biases and beliefs onto people that don't want or deserve it.
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