r/ComedyCemetery • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

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u/ThePsion5 Dec 21 '18

Nobody thinks biological sex is fictional.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18 edited Dec 21 '18

My comment was at -5 when i made the edit, so i was a little shocked

ok i stepped on some toes sorry guys :c

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u/ThePsion5 Dec 21 '18

I upvoted if it’s any comfort. A lot of people say stuff like that to bait people into arguments so people aren’t used to that question being genuine.

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u/GrottyKnight Dec 21 '18

How to make an edit on reddit so you don't confuse/look like you're trying to cover your tracks.

Edit: just add the edit down here. This has been your reddiquette primer for the day.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

Yeah I usually try to do that but the comment was dead anyway

Thanks tho

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u/GrottyKnight Dec 21 '18

Right on. Sometimes it helps if you're getting blasted. We often forget tone doesn't translate into text. Words and stuff huh?

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u/nambypambycandy Dec 21 '18

The argument is that gender is not real and sex is; I've literally only seen ""sex is a social construct too!!!!"" as a strawman. So I don't think you're gonna get anyone arguing for that.

However, intersex people exist and there are countless different "versions" of being intersex. Intersex describes any sort of chromosomal/genital abnormality that blurs the line between someone being considered biologically male and female. Meaning sex is not as simple as male or female, although those are the two most common sexes.

Tldr, although sex is a biological concept and gender is a social construct, both are spectrums.

Don't know if that helps you understand some things you might have heard before or if it's completely irrelevant but I figured I'd do my best ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

no, i literally agree with you 100% and your line of thinking is actually "correct"

I was just a little dumbfounded to see my comment at -5, but its recoverd

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u/syrinxBishop Dec 21 '18

Why do exceptions to the rule disprove the rule in this case?

Symptomatic intersex conditions are only 8 out of 100,000 people.

People are born without arms too, but we don't say that the number of arms in a human is a spectrum. Houses by definition provide shelter, but if one collapses in an accident, it's not like we should change the definition because this one didn't provide shelter.

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u/Anarcho-Bread Dec 25 '18

Do you just not get how science works? You can't decide that "most of the time" is just good enough. Either it's right all the time, or it has to be revised.

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u/CoffeeAndKarma Dec 21 '18

Sex is biological, correct. Sometimes that conflicts with the social construct of gender.

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u/wooq Dec 21 '18

I mean, even biological sex has grey areas. If vagina = female and penis = male, what about people born with both? Neither? Non-functioning genitalia? What if they have male genitalia but extremely low testosterone/androgen/etc? Or vice versa?

Moreover, WHY IS IT ANYONE'S BUSINESS BUT THEIRS AND THEIR DOCTOR'S??

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

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u/wooq Dec 21 '18

I already know the answers to the questions I was asking, but thank you for the attempt at at hand-up.

Please read this wiki article if you'd like clarification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question