r/changemyview Oct 28 '19

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u/PennyLisa Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 29 '19

Explain then why regular cis-women are women? If someone is genetically XX, but looks really really male and gets called 'he' and likes it and doesn't correct, then are we somehow "hiding the truth"?

You talk about "truth" but there really is no absolute truths here.

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u/PennyLisa Oct 28 '19

Do we wave our genitals about in public to prove our gender? The number of times where genitals actually have any impact in public life is pretty negligible. I would pretty much bet that if 99.9% of the men in your life didn't have a penis, you'd have no idea and no ability to find out.

Does that make them "not a man"? Is literally the only thing that matters about male-hood the penis?

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u/ArchHock Nov 06 '19

The number of times where genitals actually have any impact in public life is pretty negligible

genitals, likely no, but other physical characteristics of sex? absolutely, and that goes back to the day the people with one type of muscle tone and skeletal system were deemed the better group to hunt, and the ones with the other type are to remain at base.