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Can human beings change sex?*

260 replies

Terfulike · 15/06/2018 20:49

Serious answers only please.
*With acknowledgement to Bowl, who has raised this so often. Apologies if this is repeating a thread from the past (?): in any case, maybe it's time for another thread with this title.

Please, no wordy arguments about how sex can be changed by legal instrument around the world, just answer the question posed.

OP posts:
ballsballsballs · 15/06/2018 21:55

I'm an infertile woman.

People can't change sex. Chromosomes remain the same, whatever surgery a person undergoes.

noeffingidea · 15/06/2018 21:54

Starzig what is xo?

Rufustheyawningreindeer · 15/06/2018 21:53

No

starzig · 15/06/2018 21:52

I also have a female friend that is xo.

Strax · 15/06/2018 21:52

No

noeffingidea · 15/06/2018 21:52

No, of course we can't.

blackdoggotmytongueagain · 15/06/2018 21:52

No.
Sex is not something that can be changed with a surgeon’s knife, nor a form.
Gender Reassignment Surgery just attempts to reproduce a lookalikey body part. It doesn’t magically alter sex.

SlowlyShrinking · 15/06/2018 21:51

No, of course not. You cannot become a member of the reproductive class opposite to the one you were born into. It’s impossible. I think people that believe you can have a very poor understanding of biology and the meaning of the word sex, and how it relates to sexual reproduction, and not merely to sexual stereotypes of outward appearance. The sex of the embryo is determined at the point of conception. Male and female foetuses may appear identical to the naked eye up until a certain stage of gestation, however they are not and every cell is either xx if female or xy if male.
Transgenderism is an ideology of the ignorant/wilfully ignorant (imo).

starzig · 15/06/2018 21:50

I'm infertile. I am still a woman

ToffeePenny · 15/06/2018 21:50

Nope

UpstartCrow · 15/06/2018 21:49

starzig Animals that can change sex acquire the fertility of their new sex. Thats what sex change means in nature.

Humans cannot change their biological sex. A sex change is a legal fiction, possibly supported by cosmetic surgery. It doesnt change your biological sex, as you wont gain the fertility of your acquired legal gender.

Gileswithachainsaw · 15/06/2018 21:49

That's changing paperwork that's not changing sex

20nil · 15/06/2018 21:49

No.

Amalfimamma · 15/06/2018 21:49

No

AngryAttackKittens · 15/06/2018 21:49

Nope.

puckingfixies · 15/06/2018 21:47

No.

SupermatchGame · 15/06/2018 21:47

And if you think they can actually change sex please explain how

Chicken You apply for a GRC, change your birth certificate, and well, Bob's your auntie.

starzig · 15/06/2018 21:47

Sex change????

ballsballsballs · 15/06/2018 21:45

How so starzig?

Cascade220 · 15/06/2018 21:44

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starzig · 15/06/2018 21:42

Yes

Pepper123123 · 15/06/2018 21:42

If we are talking about someone's sex and only their sex, then no, they can't change their reproductive systems they were born with.
They can of course change the appearance of their genitalia physically.

But they absolutely can decide their gender. And those whose biological sex and gender do not align and have the courage to live their lives as they feel comfortable are admirable in my opinion.

RollOfTerf · 15/06/2018 21:41

No

Gileswithachainsaw · 15/06/2018 21:41

Nope. If we could then we wouldn't have such a problem with fgm rape chikd marriage and the sex trafficking cos they'd all just change and get out of it

Mummy and daddy need to say No. No more indulgence

daimbars · 15/06/2018 21:37

No.

Can a person change gender? Yes.