Woke or biology? There are actually more than the basic “male” XY & “female” XX sexes. Why? Because biology also creates people with single X chromosomes, or extra chromosomes like XXX, XXY, XYY, or XXX+, plus many 🧬genes. 👉All I’m asking is— please be kind to others. Thanks🙏 - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

drericding.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Woke or biology? There are actually more than the basic “male” XY & “female” XX sexes. Why? Because biology also creates people with single X chromosomes, or extra chromosomes like XXX, XXY, XYY, or XXX+, plus many 🧬genes. 👉All I’m asking is— please be kind to others. Thanks🙏

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t3rrybowman.bsky.social•1 day ago

The forces of fascism would rather alienate and kill off all the "others' than acknowledge that they exist.

cyndicate.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Why does "be kind to others" not include women and girls who want their own sports and safe spaces?

therealtheoden.bsky.social•1 day ago

The really messed up part is they are asking us to demonize people who are different, who don’t fit their white christian male cookie cutter narrative…yet championing white supremacists, nazis and hate groups?

sallysue99.bsky.social•1 day ago

Biological sex has never been a binary. Not genetically, and not in physical attributes. How do they expect people to select from only 2 options when it’s not that straightforward.

jmilchen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will you please clarify what the percentages in the table indicate?

grameee5.bsky.social•20 hours ago

You can’t make someone who does not believe in science, understand Science! We need to take our country back from the fascist! We need our military to choose their Constitution and their oath to protect and defend America!

jbeehi.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Thanks for this. I suspect there could be even more variations of X and Y chromosome combinations that cause subtle changes in gender and sexuality. And yes be kind to others.

jbeehi.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Wrote this before reading the rest of your thread. Thanks again for the info.

erflx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Biology is beautiful!!

knottedthreads.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also doesn't do binaries. Everything is a continuum. Just think of how many different variations there are on something as simple as having brown hair! And they think that *more* complicated things like sex and gender somehow manifest in *less* complicated ways than hair color?

erflx.bsky.social•1 day ago

They must have slept through biology class… and who knows how many other classes?

sapiosimmo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup.
Not forced to recognize 72 genders.
But not being an asshole might be a good start.

chrisppdorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns gonads or genitals that, according to the Office of the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

jazzrat2000.bsky.social•1 day ago

The ones who aren't kind to others are on the other site eric for the most part.

cleariati.bsky.social•1 day ago

You are describing genetic defects not actual sexes. Any combination of chromosomes other than XY & XX comes with health defects. There are two human sexes - male and female.

clarissaoakes.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Science trumps & transcends politics."

No, it does not, when you have these psychos in charge. You know this, Eric - you've been through it once already with Trump.

inkonelbows.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is WAY too difficult for the lamest governor, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, to understand.

Facts are repelled. Only full-on scaredy cat hatred is heard by Republicans.

jemmscee.bsky.social•20 hours ago

📌

dawnbritten.bsky.social•1 day ago

❤️❤️❤️

livinginarcata.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's the brain worms that make them say "woke mind virus" By the way the mother brain worm lives on Mars and this is what is drawing FELON MUSK there. 🤣

pexsy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also worth pointing out that "sex" does not equal "gender"

xariell.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also doesn't equal orientation. And that's just to hard of a concept for rwings

originalaurelia.bsky.social•1 day ago

True…

moschoenfeld.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

pcriel.bsky.social•1 day ago

And no one CHOOSES it.

nyfiredude1965.bsky.social•1 day ago

#Gaslighting as The Discussion was Always About Men and Women Playing Dress up and forcing us to accept their Delusions

citizen2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Respect the science.

finniebop.bsky.social•1 day ago

And sadly science seems to hold no weight with this current administration

loveblue28.bsky.social•1 day ago

pamelaafterthought.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't want to be a "spoiler" so will not divulge the title of a fairly current film that touches on this topic.

ksayan.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is SUCH an excellent point. Life is so much more complex than the "black and white" "realities" they dictate.

neb100.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why don't more people try to educate themselves. This is science.

t3rrybowman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why do you think the want to kill off the DOE? Uneducated people don't ask inconvenient questions.

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maga eugenists want these people to die.😏

dreamingdramabsky.bsky.social•1 day ago

you're preaching to the choir... the ones that need to be 'kind' don't understand the Webster's Dictionary definition.

smyth2000.bsky.social•1 day ago

The foundational and successful basis of life on earth is mutation, change, and really, experimentation by nature to adapt and improve existing life.

To quote Jurassic Park, "Life will find a way."

sweetie22.bsky.social•1 day ago

🫶🏼

kimsvejda.bsky.social•1 day ago

X’s or Y’s be kind

arashctab.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is such important information. Once I learned it, I understood the issue so much better….

xariell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Basic biology... But you can't expect the mouth breathers to stop Humping their bibles to understand that

natashaloder.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is just nonsense. Intersex conditions, where individuals have atypical chromosomal or anatomical features, do not constitute additional sexes but are considered variations within the binary framework. It’s nothing to do with being kind or otherwise it’s just biology.

jojolit.bsky.social•1 day ago

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knottedthreads.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sex and gender are both *bimodal,* not binary. At a very high level, there are two distributions, with most people falling close to one of the averages, which we call male and female, but there are still significant numbers of people who land 2 or 3 standard deviations away from those averages.

groovelife.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks

jeanchimera.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

carlosmorenojr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t understand what all this means. I’m gonna have to ChatGPT it.

debipenny24.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I once read that a mother gives her son 27.% of her 🧬 DNA? Correct or false🧐

baly56.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have a cousin I guessed was gay from early childhood( am older).

Very effeminate and small in statue. He’s brilliant and a professor in a tough field. He’s been married 25 years with five kids and is not bisexual. Kept thoughts to myself because it wasn’t my business or concern. It’s science 101.

suedei.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is way over Republicans heads to even comprehend.

pamelavanbeekum.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you as always for your wonderfulness, Dr. Feigl-Ding!!!

marjanefan.bsky.social•1 day ago

How are you misrepresent DSDs in this way . They are not separate sexes bit sex specific. From an adult human female with Turner Syndrome

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/turner-syndrome/

amyathene.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly. Two biological sexes completely ignores the reality of genetics, which is that it’s way more complicated than that.

d-d-jones.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amen. Biological facts - inconvenient to some.

Worked with someone who deals with being born different from standard issue. Why make life even harder for people who are different??

mugwump-jr-the-3rd.bsky.social•1 day ago

But not in the Bible, so you're WRONG
There's only a Man
And a Rib

starmalachite.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reality disagrees.

mugwump-jr-the-3rd.bsky.social•1 day ago

JOKE 🤣
C'mon man

janes2024.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are only two sexes for human beings. It’s part of our biology designed for reproduction.

pmagn.bsky.social•1 day ago

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

drericding.bsky.social•1 day ago

2) “The most frequent SCAs include Turner syndrome (45,X), Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY), Trisomy X syndrome (47,XXX), and Double Y syndrome (47,XYY).” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10448593/

drericding.bsky.social•1 day ago

3) “The phenotype seen in SCAs is highly variable and may not merely be due to the direct genomic imbalance from altered sex chromosome gene dosage but also due to additive alterations in gene networks and regulatory pathways across the genome as well as individual genetic modifiers.”

drericding.bsky.social•1 day ago

4) this last part says that sexual characteristics goes beyond just the X and Y chromosomes… but a multitude of other genes 🧬— we cannot just bin people into M or F all the time, nor just based on XX & XY. Let’s all calm down. Basically, there are genetic exceptions that we can’t always measure.

drericding.bsky.social•1 day ago

5) my point is that although Trump declares only 2 sexes… biology disagrees. Let’s not let Trump’s oversimplification trump over science. Science trumps & transcends politics.

https://wapo.st/4hNwlFQ

chrisppdorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns gonads or genitals that, according to the Office of the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

warbirdblue.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course magas are calling intersex people “abnormal“ and we all know they’d like to see them “eliminated “ if they can get tr*mp to do it.

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump and science are mutually exclusive😏

mmariedangelo.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Thank you Dr. Feigl-Ding once again.

martinweir.bsky.social•22 hours ago

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martinweir.bsky.social•22 hours ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus#:~:text=Marcus%20Licinius%20Crassus%20(%2F%CB%88k,the%20richest%20man%20in%20Rome%22.&text=Bust%20found%20in%20the%20Licinian,Rome%2C%20traditionally%20identified%20as%20Crassus.

padd13ear.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can totally agree with this as I personally have a good friend who is XXY.

shasha55.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you. More education is needed.

wildsaltydog.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why are they so afraid? Do they still have to come out in the open?

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are so triggered by this gender issue.😂

immunonucmed.bsky.social•1 day ago

They were once traumatised by a pair of suede shoes ... lol @mikecarlton01.bsky.social will understand ...

msbusterboo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I learned this in High School. Did he even attend???

tracysasser.bsky.social•1 day ago

Didn’t a judge just make this point to one of the DOJ attorneys.

thecrow999.bsky.social•1 day ago

Haha we here understand and MAGA never will!

mjshanklin.bsky.social•1 day ago

As an old retired OB/GYN/Nursery/NICU nurse i can vouch for the validity of these scientific FACTS. I've SEEN it. Babies are born with or without the obvious sex organs, or sometimes a mixture of them. Further testing is done, and sometimes surgery is required perhaps for a misplaced urinary outlet.

dutchmarion.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Science ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

kmbpi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Damned science, proving dumb people are wrong, again. No wonder they don't like it.

chetsmom.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Biology trumps the Bible every time.

rawgutz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ve always been told extra chromosomes means downs

ravencramskull.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The binary model of sex does not take into account non disjunction disorders but also a host of genomic disorders leading to intersex and disorders of sex development where various genes are turned on or off. An excellent article in Scientific American.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

exponentialgps.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

shebug35.bsky.social•1 day ago

You won’t be able to use science to defeat creationism. Most people believing in religion are taught that only two genders exist, and they just can’t fathom how “god” could make more than two sexes.

bethomas.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ve never understood how they can believe that their god can make imperfect babies, as in maybe blind or deaf etc., but god can never make a mistake with the genital area. Tbh the human body is so complex I’m amazed most births produce standard babies.

shebug35.bsky.social•1 day ago

That part! If you try to use logic, they devolve into “you can’t question god”. 😩

bethomas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, that’s beyond my comprehension. Raised as an atheist, always taught to question.

swalexander.bsky.social•11 hours ago

There are also specific genetic conditions, such as 46,XX ovotesticular DSD, chimerism, or PMDS.

hapagirl.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Agree! It costs absolutely NOTHING to be kind to others.