Breaking news, sex isn't binary in humans because...avocados

[Fenlandia]

Popular Science has tweeted an old article of theirs
www.popsci.com/species-swap-sex-clownfish-avocado/

"What avocados and clownfish have in common, sexually speaking"

A mildly interesting collection of facts about unusual reproductive strategies of certain plants and animals, used to push the idea that sex isn't binary in humans.

So sad to see respectable scientific communicators stoop to the level of woowoo.

The Twitter ratio is whopping now: twitter.com/PopSci/status/1562759034347741184

Apparently so.

Did you know that male giraffes drink pee to find out if a female is ready to mate? Who needs contraception, hey? If giraffes can do it…

Science 101 for dummys. All persons are of child baring ages willing to engage in sexual activity,
Room 1 Two persons born with Penis.
Room 2 Two persons born with Vaginas.
Room 3 Two persons, one born with a Penis that still works, one person with a Vagina that still works.

Results if left long enough only Room 3 will result in a child,

@Bollindger I'm going to assume these rooms are catered.

God, no child baring is necessary, thank you.

No. Female komodo dragons can basically clone themselves and lay eggs in isolation from males. So obviously you can’t be right about how human reproduction works.

I mean, we’re in finding anything that happens in the world and generalising it to completely unrelated things mode.

in which case, mantis shrimp can heat up the water around their claws to ludicrous temperatures. So I’m just going to wave my hands a bit and I won’t need any other heating for my house this winter.

You know what is really weird is those toads that give birth out of pores on their back. That is REALLY FREAKY.

Sorry, I thought this was Sporner's Corner.

Quick. Someone tell the NHS. Why are we doing all these indications and sections when we could just get some sporners in to squeeze babies out women’s bellybuttons?

Right. Don't say I didn't warn you:

And this is EXAXCTLY the same as breastfeeding when you think about it.

Love it when a random poster rocks up to slay us all with their laser insight into avocados and science. Come on "random mumsnet posters" - back to the kitchen

@GreyCouncil, I hope I'm wrong, but the tone of your posts here suggests that you find it impossible to imagine that a person can be BOTH a regular poster on Mumsnet, especially the FWR boards, AND a science graduate/Ph.D. You're surely not stuck in the bad old days when few women were able to carry on with their jobs after having a baby because of sexist notions that they wouldn't cope? Or the even worse old days when girls weren't educated in science because it was considered too hard for them?

Oh wow!

Sneaky little gaslighting males!

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440998/

Nah, if that's how your post comes across, that's on you Greycouncil.

So what did that little quip about 'Mumsnet PhDs' mean? (Mine is in chemistry not biology ... but like I said, you don't need a PhD in biology to understand the difference between mammals and avocados)

And if you were just being a bit snarky, apparently that's not allowed on FWR today, it's apparently 'abusive'.

If you want to communicate with people, it helps to use language accurately. Nothing I have said is abusive. I asked a question, which you have not answered. I have no idea why you have mentioned gaslighting. This has a very specific meaning which is not relevant here.

@GreyCouncil you're criticising them for doing what you yourself just did and yet claim they are gaslighting you? Have I got that right?

As for avocados, they don't have sex

How long does one not have to have sex for before one can claim to be an avocado? Asking for a friend obviously.

Really?

oh god 😱

I vote for the «humans are like cuttlefish» slogan.
the beta males are all sly, sometimes even lit up like a disco. What’s not to like?

But really, since I don’t have a phd in anything, not even a measly masters just yet, my opinion and vote is simply cast away - like pearls before swine or some such. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Can you pronounce on ANYTHING with just a bachelors these days?
not even obtained until in my late thirties.
what am I, who am I and where shall I go.
Maybe I am just a lowly avocado after all?

Oh god @FilePhoto
so I can’t even be an avocado then
thanks s lot!

Depends if you are a pear-bonded mammal.