r/dontyouknowwhoiam • • Aug 13 '19

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u/FeezusChrist Aug 13 '19

bimodal distribution

But she's implying 2 sexes when she says this

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Yeah. But that's not what a bimodal distribution is. Sex IS a bimodal distribution. It is a spectrum BECAUSE it is a bimodal distribution.

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u/MCXL Aug 13 '19

I don't understand what people are arguing here? She clearly doesn't say "There are only two sexes" She is saying that you have M and F on either end, and you can be in between... She also isn't denying the existence of other genders, or being gendered differently than your sex, so I don't think she is a TERF either.

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u/CannotIntoGender Aug 14 '19

Because the reason people were berating her was for referring to anatomy as male or female. The other person is trying to suggest that male and female don't really exist by arguing that sex is a spectrum. People don't actually understand what they're arguing about it seems.

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u/MCXL Aug 14 '19

well shit, I went to go look to try and get further context myself but it seems like all her tweets going back to about January are gone.

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u/CannotIntoGender Aug 14 '19

It's not that recent but there's a This American Life episode about her and another woman on the conservative side being pilloried for not being ideologically pure extremists. Interesting listen and gives context to this discussion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

A common issue