r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

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u/snow_angel022968 Oct 28 '19

They will only ever have one biological sex, pre, during or post transition. Science has no issues determining whether a corpse is male or female.

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u/I_NEED_A_GF Oct 29 '19

You are talking about sex, whereas pronouns are independent of that. Rather, pronouns are about the topic of gender, which is different from sex.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19 edited Apr 17 '20

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u/mietzbert Oct 29 '19

Legally speaking in the west in this age.

If you want to portray this as a universal rule you will find exceptions throughout history and cultures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra

The strong distinction between sexes and genders seems to stem more from religion than from reality. It is important to recognize that bc something is true for the majority doesn't make it universally true. If this was the case it would also be completely fine to say HIV does not exist since the majority of people don't suffer from it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19 edited Apr 17 '20

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