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I read this article sciencebasedmedicine.org/in-wh… and then I watched the documentary "What Is a Woman?" + several discussions/debates about sex and gender. I wrote about this subject and I started a bigger book a year or so ago that I may finish it one day...

So...

I think both sides are wrong, and partially right at times. One side is like "There are only 2 genders, male and female, everything else is BS". These people are usually religious. The other side is like "There are many genders and people are born gay, or whatever, it is in our genes".

Now...what is trues is that most human beings are born either male of female, from a biological perspective. So their chromosomes or genitalia can be classified as one or another. And about 1-2% are in-between kinda, from that perspective. So we do have 2 sexes mainly, and exceptions that fit in-between (intersex). That's not something anyone can argue against.

But now what about how people behave? What they are sexually attracted to? Identify as? Well I could not find any study to show any strong correlation between any bio-chemical or genetic marker and any such behavior....to put it simply, you cannot look at anyone's genes, biology or chemistry and say "Ah, yeah this one likes males, this other one likes females. And this one identifies as a woman.". There is no such thing.

So this thing called "gender" has many meanings. Whatever people think they are, is whatever they think they are. Good for you. But there is nothing inborn about sexuality or sexual attraction. This applies for me, for you, for anyone else. So what!? We pick up our values, wishes, fears, funniness, from the environment. All we are is a creation of the environment. Good. Why is it that important to debate so long about gender and such!?

Anyone can identify as they wish, and fuck what they want, and behave in any way they want. If in the process they create any harm to someone else, we should focus on that. Easy.

LGBTQ TRELK GJDSNR etc. People should fuckin' relax. And also please do not entangle science with your feelings. If science tells us something, we should accept it regardless of the consequences.

Ok? 😀 #ŧromlive
Science-Based MedicineIn <em>What Is a Woman?</em>, Matt Walsh asks a question, but doesn’t like the answersMatt Walsh's documentary asks What Is a Woman? Unfortunately, his documentary is every bit as much of a science denying propaganda film disguised as a documentary as antivax films like VAXXED or the a
Well I could not find any study to show any strong correlation between any bio-chemical or genetic marker and any such behavior....
According to Wikipedia, there seem to be many biological factors that significantly contribute to sexual orientation.
So what about the studies mentioned in this wiki article?
en.wikipedia.orgBiology and sexual orientation - Wikipedia
@liwott Point me to a specific study. They cite many.
I am not an expert on human science, I definitely do not have one specific study in mind. But I see this Wikipedia article that cites many sources and that concludes
Biological theories for explaining the causes of sexual orientation are favored by scientists.
If you are going to write a book with the opposite conclusion, I hope that you are going to address those sources.
Maybe you can point to a scientific review that shares your conclusions?

@liwott
All of @tio's books contains sources, I mean lots of them, almost every single sentence or claim will have a "(source)" at the end of it, LMAO 🤣

But yeah this is how it should be, this is the scientific way :blobcatcool:

@futureisfoss @liwott Yeah I am obsessed with that. And that's good. However the sources also have to be "proper" sources. That is more difficult to achieve. At the end of the day I am not a politician who can take decisions, I am not a scientist that writes scientific papers, so the way I create the books is I think very much ok for that purpose, of informing people.
Rokosun

@tio
Yes and I think you do a good job at it, reading your books makes me think deeply about our world, and I think this is something the everyone needs right now. And all of your books are free too, no hidden costs, no ads, no data collection, etc, completely trade-free. You really are a big proponent of science and education, we need more people like you who're genuine about educating people 🙂
@liwott