More Than Two Sexes? – (repost)

(Originally posted July 24, 2021)

The video below is well done and the “Sex is a Spectrum” advocate does a great job packing in a lot of important information in just 13 minutes. Although I strongly disagree with his belief that there are more than two sexes, this video is a good primer on current beliefs about Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD’s) which have been misrepresented in the video as “Differences of Sexual Development.”

So as you watch:

Note how many times the words or word groups mutation, syndrome, congenital condition, anomaly, disabilities, sterile, incomplete, ambiguous, recessive, health conditions, and even the dreaded word disorder are mentioned.

I counted over 15.

Also after reading my last post, DSD’s and Sex “Assignment” you should be ready to answer correctly this question: Do these DSD’s sound more like a difference or a disorder? If your answer is disorder, then you know there are only two sexes.

There Are More Than Two Sexes?

MOST IMPORTANT QUOTES:

“Biologists today are saying sex is a spectrum.” (0:35). There are plenty of prominent biologists and other medical professionals who dispute this. I mentioned two in my post, What is Sex?

“…biological features don’t always agree with each other.” (1:27). He’s talking about chromosomes, gonads, hormones & genitals which most would say should agree or you have a disorder.

“It’s estimated that nearly 2% of live births are born with congenital conditions of Atypical Sex Development.” (1:42) Based on everything I’ve read the 2% number used here is extremely high. Nothing I’ve read comes close to 2 percent. Based on my research the actual number is 1 in 5000 births.1This figure is found in Peter A. Lee et al., “Global Disorders of Sex Development Update since 2006: Perceptions, Approach and Care,” Hormone Research in Paediatrics 85 (2016): 159. Not sure where they get this 2 percent number. Unless their definition of “atypical” is an expansive definition not used by most medical professionals and scientists.

“That basically means that something in their chromosomes, hormones, gonads, or genitals is different from what many people expect of a “boy” or a “girl.” (1:52). So these are differences, not disorders. Notice how “boy” and “girl” are in quotes.

“This used to be known as being intersex, but these days, it’s better described as having Differences of Sexual Development, or DSD’s.” (2:01). Most health professionals and scientists still call them “Disorders of Sexual Development.”

There’s a lot of variation within what we call male or female, and there’s a lot of overlap that’s normal too. Anatomically, someone might look…female on the outside but not have ovaries or a uterus, or have tissue from both overies and testes.” (3:24) How anyone can seriously call this variation or overlap “normal” is part of the problem we face. Because of a well-meaning desire not to stigmatize and also, it must be said, a desire to propagandize an ideology, we are expected to believe these are mere differences, and not disorders.

“Minor Learning Disorders” (4:35). The first and only occurrence of the word “disorders.” Interestingly this disorder has to do with learning. Or the lack, thereof. Hint, hint, for those who haven’t learned the “new” science of sex and gender.

“Did I learn nothing but lies in High School?” (5:29) The way he says this is funny. But he makes a serious mistake in again suggesting that DSD’s like Mosaicism and Chimaerism are just “different” developments. For example, a Genetic Chimera occurs when two different embryos combine early in a pregnancy. Some cells are XX and some cells have XY chromosomes. Fewer than 100 cases documented worldwide. No, you were not lied to in High School. You were told the truth about normal human bodies. Which the advocate tacitly admits in the next quote.

“Depending on the distribution of those cells, mosaicism and chimaeras can result in ambiguous sexual characteristics or both male and female reproductive body parts. (5:54). Nothing normal about that!

From this point forward the words “mutation” and “syndrome” occur frequently. Notice the many times a so-called “difference” in development is mentioned. The advocate is “spinning” the story here to fit his narrative, but by now you should understand these as disorders.

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People born with Disorders of Sexual Development sometimes develop gender-dysphoria. Gender Dysphoria — formerly known as “Gender Identity Disorder” is characterized by a severe and persistent discomfort in one’s biological sex. They need our loving support which also means telling them the truth about their disorder.

On the other hand, the vast majority of young people today who are convinced they have gender-dysphoria do not in fact have it. Classic gender-dysphoria presents early in life, ages 2-4, and until the recent explosion among teenage girls, was almost exclusively experienced by young boys. Today most of those who say they are gender-dysphoric don’t have any DSD’s, for example. Their discomfort is purely psycho-social in nature but they remain convinced they were born in the wrong body. We can blame the Gender Ideology taught in our schools, coupled with “affirming” therapy that largely disregards other co-morbidities like anxiety, autism, depression, and in far too many cases, trauma caused by sexual-abuse. We can also blame the social contagion phenomena spread via social media for the confusion, especially among our girls.

The Irreversible Damage being done to their bodies is heartbreaking.

Is this the world we want to live in?

Companion Post

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Affirmed As Whole Human Beings – (repost)

(Originally Posted July 20, 2022)

Genspect, an international and non-partisan organization representing thousands of parents of gender dysphoric children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as trans people, detransitioners, clinicians, and allied groups has written…

“An Open Letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics”

…asking that our children be affirmed as whole human beings.

Why this letter now? Genspect believes the AAP is suppressing support for something called Resolution 27.

We have recently become aware that five pediatricians submitted a resolution (#27) to urge the AAP to do a thorough and systematic evaluation of the available evidence and to update the 2018 AAP position paper Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents, which incorrectly promulgates the notion that “gender affirmative” psychosocial and medical interventions are the only acceptable treatment for gender dysphoric youth. This resolution is timely: thousands of young adults are coming forward on Detrans subreddit and other social media platforms describing their regret. Why is this happening? A recently published peer-reviewed publication warned that the original “Dutch” protocol that is now used to treat dysphoric youth suffers from significant methodological limitations and is not applicable to most of the current cases: namely youth with post-puberty onset of gender dysphoria complicated by mental health or neurocognitive difficulties.

In the Open Letter you will read about Europe’s reconsideration of Affirmative Care. And much, much more.


For more information on Gender Ideology claims please read the following posts.

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As a Classic Christian I encourage everyone to “Embrace, Don’t Affirm.”

Individuals with a Gender Identity Disorder (Gender-Dysphoria) need Truth-filled Love. Please read this post for more details.

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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion

Queer Theory & Quantum Physics?

Claiming that sex is rooted in gametes is arbitrary, outdated, and oppressive. So says this Drag Queen: ‘Reality is a social construct with no real, fixed foundation.’ Quantum Physics shows the way…

Uh huh.

Check out his argument.

Quantum physics to Newtonian physics is, to me, what queer theory is to heteronormativity, i.e. looking for normative constructs of society – male, female, of gender, of race categorizing everything in a neat, rigid way. I am very comforted by this as a queer person with no real fixed identity. It gives me immense hope that there’s this model of the world. This real physical, philosophical model which shows us that reality is just a set of contradictions with no real fixed foundation.

Amrou Al-Kadhi or Glamrou.

My Take

We can land a space explorer on Mars using only the insights of Newtonian physics. Nothing we learn from quantum physics is necessary to do that. There is actually quite a lot of certainty built into the structure of the Universe. Observed ‘bizarre’ activity at the sub-atomic level could perhaps be interpreted as evidence of the possibility of genuine freedom in the physical Universe. Perhaps.

Of course, we humans are not free to fly. The ‘givens’ of human nature may be philosophically rejected but life won’t end well if they are.

Particle Behavior & Human Identity

The principles and phenomena observed in quantum physics, such as superposition1At the subatomic level, particles can indeed exist in multiple states or places at once, a phenomenon known as superposition. and entanglement2Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon where particles become interconnected and the state of one instantly influences the state of another, no matter how far apart they are. This phenomenon is a physical property of particles and doesn’t translate directly to human experiences or identities., are confined to the realm of subatomic particles and do not have direct parallels in macroscopic systems, including biological entities. While these principles can inspire philosophical discussions and metaphorical interpretations, as the Drag Queen above has done, it is scientifically inaccurate to apply them directly to explain or justify behaviors and phenomena at the biological or sociocultural level.

The transition from the quantum scale to the macroscopic scale involves a complex interplay of numerous forces and factors, and the behaviors observed at the quantum level do not manifest in the same way in larger, more complex systems.

Therefore, using quantum physics as a basis to explain human identity or behavior is more of a poetic or philosophical endeavor rather than a scientifically grounded argument.

To say the discoveries of quantum physics justifies random, bizarre, unpredictable behavior at the more complex biological level distorts Reality.

Again, try jumping off a building and see if you can fly. A ‘fixed foundation’ will impede your flight. There will be nothing ‘probabilistic’ about it. The quantum ‘principle of indeterminacy’3A principle that underscores the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, where outcomes are not determined until a measurement is made, and it challenges the deterministic view of the universe as proposed by classical physics. It introduces a level of fundamental unpredictability and randomness in the behavior of particles at the quantum level. will be of no use to you then. We can know with certainty the flight of your biological system will end soon and suddenly.

You may identify as a bird, but you are not.

At the human level, there are few things in the natural world more empirically ‘nailed down’ than the mammalian male/female sex-binary. Without that natural coupling, i.e. without heteronormativity, we would cease to exist as a species. And all talk about expressive freedom & ‘oppressive’ social constructions would be impossible.

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God Made A Beautiful, Organized, Predictable World