• nyctre@lemmy.world
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    A person’s biological sex usually refers to their status as female or male depending on their chromosomes, reproductive organs, and other characteristics. Chromosomes are tightly packed DNA, or molecules that contain the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living things. Humans typically have forty-six chromosomes. Two of those are sex chromosomes that contain instructions for the development and functioning of characteristics related to biological sex, such as reproductive organs. There are two kinds of human sex chromosomes, X and Y. Individuals identified as males tend to have one X and one Y chromosome, while those identified as females tend to have two X chromosomes. However, other people are born with other chromosome combinations, such as XXY, that lead them to develop a mix of characteristics. People who fit that description are often referred to as intersex, a category for people whose bodies do not conform with stereotypical expectations of males or females at birth.

    Taken from here

    Evidence seems pretty strong to me.

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      Yeah, and those are malformations and genetical defects that come with a lot of problems.

      I don’t know why people glorify them… Also, there is absolutely no way that a man born with XY magically will change it in their lifetime as the posts sugests.

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        The post suggests that some people with XY chromosomes are assigned female at birth and will live as a woman.
        And some people with XX chromosomes are assigned male at birth and will live as a man.
        Not that the chromosomes change.

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        10 hours ago

        This article seems to disagree. But I don’t know much on the subject so I might be misunderstanding.

        Also, no matter what the correct answer is, pretending the answer is binary is definitely wrong. Since it’s obviously a lot more complicated.

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          9 hours ago

          From the article:

          “Girls born with XY chromosomes are genetically boys but for a variety of reasons – mutations in genes that determine sexual development”

          And again, they don’t magically become the other sex, that was already determined at birth.

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              9 hours ago

              Well, to be fair, not magically and not in any other way, it is impossible to change your sex

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                8 hours ago

                You’re the only one talking about this. A change can occur without any surgery. Reread the article to understand better, please.

                You read the article and you even quoted it. It says how xx people can be men and how xy people can be women. Nobody said anything about any surgery or magic pill that grows a penis or whatever you’re imagining.

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                  7 hours ago

                  Yeah nah, you are right.

                  I knew already about sawyer syndrome and that genetically XY can develop woman traits but I understood from the PhD, for some reason, that you can change from XY to XX during your life…