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I think this is interesting.

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MIngerDynasty · 11/03/2018 13:46

nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Assigned_gender_at_birth

Surely no matter how gender uncritical you are, no one can agree that girls are "assigned female at birth" based on their lack of a penis. Confused Angry. I won't get in to "what they consider a penis" for now. Hmm that deserves a thread of it's own. But the sheer misogny of women just being humans who lack a dick.

Assigned gender at birth is what people usually really mean when they speak of a person's sex. This is because a person's sex is much more difficult to determine than most people believe. When a person is born, a doctor assigns a gender by only looking for one thing: the presence or absence of what they consider to be a penis.

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MrsDoylesTeaBags · 11/03/2018 14:29

That's all bullshit!! Nobody is 'assigned' a gender at birth. we're born and our sex is recorded. Everybody knows this and and we shouldn't be complicit in a lie that damages all of us for the sake of a few delusional people who need mental health therapy rather than be pandered to.

It gives me an image of 'The Gender Assigner':tm: strutting down the maternity ward like the Easter Bunny, or maybe have a load of pink and blue balls in a bag and just pick them out like on Sky Sports when they're picking fixtures for the FA Cup.

Fekko · 11/03/2018 14:01

Assign - not confirm?

Stilettosandan0venglove · 11/03/2018 14:00

Grrr! It isn't 'accurate or respectful' to use the terms 'biological sex', 'genetic sex' or 'natal girl/boy'. So... any reference to physical reality is out, then.