@jessesingal if we science writers can't figure out why context matters, then yes we are!
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@jessesingal there's a significant number of activists who feel very strongly that the only sexual distinction is genetic - Show replies
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@jessesingal I agree,but I think people might bristle at it because it is often used as an ungainly rhetorical device for mean endsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jessesingal Welcome to trans activism on Twitter :/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jessesingal I daresay at least some science writers have managed to acknowledge that distinction is a bit reductive http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@itsSupercar@a_man_in_black potentially dumb question: is genetic sex inherently bad as concept, or is it the conflating btw sex and gendr?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@itsSupercar@a_man_in_black yeah, like almost everything in life sciences, sex categories are abstractions that beak down around the edges.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@itsSupercar@ZJemptv@a_man_in_black@jessesingal Hey@tailcalled I think this answers your terminology question
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@SLAwrites @hannaharchy Yup. In one case 1:500 people are walking around with an extra chromosome more or less.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@itsSupercar@a_man_in_black@jessesingal Anything is too complex for activism. The pb is activism, oversimplifies all and radicalizes. -
@Roran_Stehl@itsSupercar@jessesingal this is a profoundly stupid statement but yes it is the bias on which Singal's framing relies - Show replies
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