What defines a woman?

[ThisPinkWyvern]

What is the biological characteristic shared by all women that differentiates them from men?

Individuals that have developed anatomies for producing either small or large gametes, regardless of their past, present or future functionality, are referred to as "males" and "females", respectively.

Women are adult human females.

We need to step away from discussions about appearances and presentation as that's regressive.

People can dress and present in the way they personally prefer, as long as clothes and accessories are appropriate (tied back hair in catering facilities, no porn outfits in the office etc)

A woman is an adult human female, irrespective of fertility, surgery and birth defects.

It goes without saying a penis is not a birth defect associated with being a woman.

I'm more interested in what is the fundamental characteristic of women that means that they're singled out for the sort of definition sophistry people like to play.

You could do all the same nonsense for anything else, so why are they specifically targeting women for the "definitions are hard" game? Big mystery.

In an attempt to answer the first one succinctly, plugging the "all women" gambit.

For all women, fertility treatment would not involve checking their sperm. Whereas for all men, it would.

@ThisPinkWyvern Is this a “you show me yours and i will show you mine sort of game” ?

What is the biological characteristic shared by all transwomen that differentiates them from men?

Why are you asking?

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Women are people too.

Being girls who survived into adulthood

Why do you think there is one characteristic that separates females from males?

Adult human females have an XY chromosome. They are different from adult human males, in that adult males have an XX chromosome. This is the definition of a woman.

Umm think you got that the wrong way round.

The dictionary. Here you go @ThisPinkWyvern.

Other way round 😊

But yes, that Y chromosome is passed along the father to son path all the way back. Specifically, the SRY gene which can occasionally get attached elsewhere - if you have it, and it functions correctly, you will develop along the wolffian developmental pathway. If you don't have it, then it's the mullerian developmental pathway for you.

However, and as the op well knows (threads passim), this has the grand sum of fuck all to do with transwomen who are perfectly average biological men.

I suppose you think this is some kind of gotcha, but I'll play.

For a change, let's not do the gametes thing. I'm going to say....

...men are adult humans who have been through male puberty. This includes Caster Semenya and Imane Khelif.

Women are adult humans who have been through female puberty. This includes women with CAIS or Swyer Syndrome (with treatment).

Of course legal (registered) sex is another matter.

I'm more interested in what is the fundamental characteristic of women that means that they're singled out for the sort of definition sophistry people like to play.
You could do all the same nonsense for anything else, so why are they specifically targeting women for the "definitions are hard" game? Big mystery.

Absolutely. It's always us.

It's the ability to put a damp towel on a hook / towel rack rather than on the bed or floor.
It's the only thing that separates us from men.

Oh, it's this OP.

Oh come on now. Amusing replies like this aren't going to give the OP the "transphobic" screenshots they need for sharing elsewhere.

It's the concept that they might be able to bear children.
That's why everyone gives them dolls.
That's why people expect them to care for non-baby humans as well.
And why people expect them to get themselves up attractively (depending on culture, this might mean "displaying how modes they are" or "displaying how sexually available they are") for men to want to impregnate them.

Everyone knows exactly what a woman is when they want a surrogate mother. Funny that.

Your other thread has over 800 replies, most of which are excellent, did you find it helpful?

You know they answer but you just don't like it because it doesn't include males - never has and never will.

They don't have a Y chromosome. Do I win a prize?

Sugar and spice and all things nice.

women have a cervix

How infrequently they feel the need to plonk down a sententious OP like this one?