Summary

Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring only two sexes, male and female, based on reproductive cells at conception, banning gender-affirming care, and limiting federal recognition of gender diversity.

Experts, including Dr. Richard Bribiescas, president of the Human Biology Association, criticized the policy as nonsensical, stating, “Clearly, this order is not fully informed by current biological science.”

Biologists noted the order oversimplifies human biology, ignores intersex individuals, and conflates sex and gender.

Critics warned it advances anti-trans rhetoric and risks legal challenges.

  • Loss
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    2 days ago

    Again showing you didn’t even make it to high school biology. Even in dimorphic species (which is so incredibly far from the only type in animalia) sex is never just binary. Chemistry is weird, chemistry in a highly chaotic system is even more weird. Dying on a hill made for children to stare at mountains is just pathetic.

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      2 days ago

      Sperm and egg. What else is there. It’s not a spectrum of speg and erm or anything else but egg and sperm. Sex is about the ability to reproduce.

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        2 days ago

        Even if we accepted that definition (again, biology is more complex than what you learned in grade school), menopause or orchiectomies would make people neuter, meaning we’re back to three sexes at least.

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          2 days ago

          No. That’s just two sexes and a null.

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            1 day ago

            Yes, 3 options for sex, ergo 3 sexes. A system isn’t binary if there are 3 potential valid values, you can call it null or whatever term you want but that’s still 3 valid sexes even under your definitions.

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              1 day ago

              Two valid and one invalid.

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                17 hours ago

                It’s invalid to go through menopause or other conditions that make you not produce eggs or sperm? Wow your definition of sex sucks, glad nobody serious uses it.

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                And two plus one is … ? C’mon, I know you have it in you. You can do it little buddy! Or will you just say the same thing again because you’re not good enough at this to add some spice to your troll?

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                    5 hours ago

                    Two! Now you do yours! What’s two states a human can be in, plus one additional state a human can be in? I have such faith in you little guy!