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What is a woman?

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concretevase · 10/08/2024 20:57

I just wanted to clarify what everyone thought this meant given recent events at the olympics.

A person born with a uterus and vagina, raised female, with boobs and has periods and the ability to carry and birth a child is not a woman?

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penguinonmybag · 10/08/2024 21:08

concretevase · 10/08/2024 21:02

So someone who has eggs in their uterus...

Biology not your strong point? The uterus isn't like a storage cupboard for your eggs......

AlisonDonut · 10/08/2024 21:07

concretevase · 10/08/2024 21:04

Well according to mumsnet it's none of the above.

Have Mumsnet published their own biology textbook? How exciting!

Is there a link?

Ingenieur · 10/08/2024 21:06

concretevase · 10/08/2024 21:04

Well according to mumsnet it's none of the above.

None of the above what?

Mumset isn't a monolith, there are all kinds of people here.

Gettingannoyednow · 10/08/2024 21:06

Age 18+, xx chromosomes.

user1471538275 · 10/08/2024 21:06

Eggs in their uterus???? Someone failed biology

zibzibara · 10/08/2024 21:05

Having a "F" on your passport, according to the IOC. That's literally it.

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concretevase · 10/08/2024 21:04

Well according to mumsnet it's none of the above.

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Ingenieur · 10/08/2024 21:04

No, not necessarily. You don't have to reach fertility for your body to have had the potential to organise itself around the production of large or small gametes.

But a woman (and only women) produce large gametes (eggs).

user1471538275 · 10/08/2024 21:03

Apparently it's whatever a man says it is.

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concretevase · 10/08/2024 21:02

So someone who has eggs in their uterus...

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Ingenieur · 10/08/2024 21:00

Sex is defined as the potential to produce one of two gametes, and is determined by a person's genetics.