ICYMI: I asked a bunch of biologists to weigh in on Trump's *official* definitions of "male" and "female" in his executive order declaring only 2 sexes.
They are as "nonsensical" as they are embarrassingly detached from basic human biology. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biologists-trump-executive-order-two-sexes_n_67912b73e4b039fc12781469?r0c
They are as "nonsensical" as they are embarrassingly detached from basic human biology. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biologists-trump-executive-order-two-sexes_n_67912b73e4b039fc12781469?r0c
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The biology of sex and gender is incredibly nuanced, both mechanistically and phenotypically. Best conceptualized as a continuous spectrum.
He can call his definitions official if he chooses, but they are ridiculous.
It’s a stupid-ass decision so I’ve elected to ignore it. Trans women are still women, trans men are still men, and there are still people who are neither or both.
Timing, environment, mutations, methylation differences; it's easy to be "off".
Unsurprisingly, humans have no attack helicopter genes.
The EO is coming through Christian Nationalist channels with a science mask stapled on.
Which EO will declare viruses don't exist?
His brain is basically the equivalent of am amoeba...!!
People against Diversity & Biology are against God.
Yeah, no.
“Clearly, this order is not fully informed by current biological science.”
"Reads to me as coming from people who desperately want the world to be simple."
“The authors of this executive order seem like they are trying to twist science to fit their worldview, but that this worldview is painfully out of step with reality." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biologists-trump-executive-order-two-sexes_n_67912b73e4b039fc12781469?r0c
“There are many reasons why this Executive Order is legally vulnerable, and the definitions themselves are just one part,” said Karen Loewy of Lambda Legal.
"Science ... shows us that human biological variation is more complicated," says Snodgrass.
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What's his reasoning?
In the post truth trump world his word is taken over science, that is how cults work.
Let's listen to science and trust science when it's convenient (rockets, cell phones, internet, vehicles, medicine) but just not when it will interrupt the use of our rockets, cell phones, internet, vehicles, medicine. Capitalism truly is the root of the problem.
Lawyers for Hobby Lobby misled the court about how birth control pills work and the court just accepted that definition as true.
I'm hoping that doesn't happen in this case.