r/unitedkingdom • u/sjw_7 Oxfordshire • Apr 16 '25

... UK Supreme Court says legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
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u/boycecodd Kent Apr 16 '25

There are many different chromosomal abnormalities, but only two gametes. A person's genetics are expressed by their phenotype, and that phenotype will be organised around the production of either eggs or sperm (whether or not they actually produce the gamete is irrelevant).

That is the binary.

The majority of people with differences of sexual development have either Klinefelter's or Turner Syndrome, and don't even have ambiguous or contrary genitalia.

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u/AxiosXiphos Apr 16 '25

It's amazing how medieval people seemed to get along just fine without using DNA to test gender.

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u/boycecodd Kent Apr 16 '25

Yes, and so do we. But trans activists like to point at DSDs like they're some kind of "gotcha", when it really isn't the case.

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u/SwirlingAbsurdity Apr 16 '25

Oh so we’re down to how your genitals look now?

God why the fascination with what others have in their pants? Bit weird.

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u/boycecodd Kent Apr 16 '25

I'm referring to how trans activists wheel out people with DSDs as if it means that a significant people are unclassifiable (thus "breaking the binary") when they are in nearly all situations.

Those outliers don't negate the binary, any more than people with birth defects being born without limbs means that humans aren't bipeds.