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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Scientific paper keeps sex and gender separate

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TeiTetua · 28/08/2021 16:07

It's in Nature, and it's entitled "Genetic patterns offer clues to evolution of homosexuality", by Sara Reardon. As far as the topic is concerned, basically the article says the evidence is weak to nonexistent, but in talking about the individuals studied in one project, she says, "The study looked only at biological sex, not gender, and excluded participants whose gender and sex did not match."

So it seems that they're allowing individuals to define their own gender, but making a clear division between that and "biological sex". Maybe that's their way of staying away from any controversy about how people are treated in society!

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thinkingaboutLangCleg · 28/08/2021 16:22

Thank god the editors at Nature still recognise biological sex. Maybe they could give The Lancet a hand?
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4333732-5-of-participants-in-womens-prison-research-were-trans-Lancet-journal-refuses-to-publish-letter-questioning-statistics

PickAChew · 28/08/2021 16:40

It wouldn't be very scientific if it did confuse gender and sex!

Whatsnewpussyhat · 28/08/2021 17:31

It's still going along with the nonsense that we all have a 'gender' though.

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