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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Aug 20

    Navigating sex and gender: A conversation between Sam Harris and Darwinian feminist Martie Haseltonhttps://samharris.org/podcasts/135-navigating-sex-gender/ …

    9:41 AM - 20 Aug 2018
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      1. Will Petrie‏ @Willpetrie4 Aug 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Navigating sex and gender" translation: how to avoid getting no-platformed by a bunch of woke bigots.

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      1. Matias Salimbene‏ @msalimbe1 Aug 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        I just finished the podcast. I still can't understand how a kid can have a certainty of their self perceived gender and then, have a medical operation with life-long consequences. I found that disturbing, to say the least.

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      2. Jarful of Love‏ @Akev4262F Aug 21
        Replying to @isseyprada @sapinker

        If you define gender as 'synonym for biological sex', there are 2. If you define gender as 'synonym for my fee-fees', there are as many genders as there are attention seeking snowflakes.

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      3. David Samollow‏ @DavidSamollow Aug 23
        Replying to @Akev4262F @isseyprada @sapinker

        There are more than just XX and XY

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      4. Jarful of Love‏ @Akev4262F Aug 23
        Replying to @DavidSamollow @isseyprada @sapinker

        Yes, but there are not more than 2 biological sexes.

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      5. David Samollow‏ @DavidSamollow Aug 23
        Replying to @Akev4262F @isseyprada @sapinker

        https://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 …

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      6. Jarful of Love‏ @Akev4262F Aug 23
        Replying to @DavidSamollow @isseyprada @sapinker

        The article doesn't claim there are more than 2 sexes.

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      7. David Samollow‏ @DavidSamollow Aug 23
        Replying to @Akev4262F @isseyprada @sapinker

        So you have a problem reading I see 🤔

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      8. Issey Prada‏ @isseyprada Aug 23
        Replying to @DavidSamollow @Akev4262F @sapinker

        2 basic sexes (or more if you like) But my question is regarding gender . 2 basic ones (M attracted to F) (F attracted to M) next 2 genders (M attracted to M) (F attracted to F) Now that's 4 basic genders. Not 2. No one can claim MM or FF is socially constructed can they?

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      1. Brian Mcgill‏ @BrianMcGill99 Aug 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        >Darwinian feminist 💩

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      2. John A. MacDonald‏ @JohnAMacDonal20 Aug 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sexuality can be determined by societal norms - E.g. institutionalized same sex pederastry (boy love) and thiasos (girl love) in old Greece. Female homosexuality is eroticized in our culture as a turn on for heterosexual men, while straight women are not turned on by gay men.

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      3. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Aug 21
        Replying to @JohnAMacDonal20 @sapinker

        1)In general women aren't turned on by visual stimulus as much as men. The porn industry caters to the visual interests of men, on average, the romance novel to the interests of women. Certainly looks matter for women, but narrative is more important.

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      4. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Aug 21
        Replying to @smith_valence @JohnAMacDonal20 @sapinker

        2) "Contrary to popular perception, women do not make up 150% of romance readers. According to survey results from Romance Writers of America, 84 percent of romance readers are women and 16 percent are men — up from 9 percent a few years ago."https://www.huffingtonpost.com/maya-rodale/who-is-the-the-romance-novel-reader_b_7192588.html …

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      6. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Aug 21
        Replying to @smith_valence @JohnAMacDonal20 @sapinker

        4) Here is a fascinating study based on data from dating sites. Note that all this data includes men and women from different base cultures in the US. Data is similar across the globe.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-dating-out-of-your-league/567083/ …

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      1. Eris‏ @Eris58079828 Aug 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ass

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