Technically, a woman can have a Y chromosome if she lacks the proper receptors/biochemical pathways to process "maleness".
Biology is a messy science - people learn a very simplified version of it in school.
Pedantic is always interesting, Peter. In the back of my mind I knew the “lack of any Y”, but I was clearly lured by the “to”/“two” and oversimplified to the point of wrong.
No this is incorrect. There is only a teeny wee bit, or one gene (SRY) of the Y chromosome that is required for "maleness". So you could have an XX man with this gene.
Why do you have a caricature of a male Lord Chancellor in your cartoon when (a) the current LC is female, (b) the decision had nothing to do with the LC and, (c) the Justices of the Supreme Court don't wear robes?
This is not correct. If there are mutations in receptors/biochemical pathways, a woman can have a Y chromosome. There is only a teeny wee bit of the Y chromosome that is needed to achieve "maleness".
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X0 (Turner's syndrome), XXX (Trisomy X) and XXXX (Tetrasomy X) are all female too. What makes a person female is the lack of any Y chromosomes.
Biology is a messy science - people learn a very simplified version of it in school.
B) The Supreme Court justices DO have ceremonial robes, even if they don’t wear them for events like today.
C) It’s clearer to show it visually rather than just draw a man in a suit with a label on.
D) It’s more fun to draw wigs and robes.