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Jul 13, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
@stevennovella serious question. You must know that sex can be identified in the womb at 8 weeks. And sex can be decided prior to conception in IVF. So how can Sex be assigned at birth? Sex is observed, then recorded, not assigned.
I’m also curious about the figure of 2%, which I’m assuming you think relates to people with DSDs (intersex is a poor term by the way). The figure is actually closer to 0.018. And sex characteristics aren’t determinative of sex, that’s the wrong way 1/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/
Jun 22, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
@Womans_Place_UK I have a few issues with this. First, doesn’t this sound familiar to you? “We believed these tweets would contribute to a hostile environment for people from minoritised communities.” It’s the same argument used against people saying biological sex is real. 1/@Womans_Place_UK Second, I think your statement completely omits the context of those tweets, which was the almost industrial sexual abuse of white working-class girls across Britain, but predominantly in the North. Posie was highlighting the plight of these girls, while the rest of 2/
Apr 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
One of the curious things about many of the blue tick men who enter the gender debate on Twitter is that they seem to assume that they’re talking to older women who don’t understand the science. But the truth is these women have been debating this issue for a decade now 1/
So they’ve educated themselves. They can throw a peer reviewed article at you in a heartbeat, school you on the latest research, and god forbid you stray into raising “intersex” conditions. As soon as you say “intersex” you’ve revealed yourself, and you’ll be schooled on DSDs too
Apr 5, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
A 🧵on the EHRC guidance. Many GC people (@SexMattersOrg) seem to view the new guidance as a positive move, and many TRA’s (@stonewalluk) seem dismayed. I’m not sure either is right. I don’t believe it provides the clarity GCs wish for, and I don’t think it’s as bad as…1/
... the TRAs think. The problem, which is already baked into the EA & the GRA, is the definition of sex. Here, there are two definitions of sex; biological sex and legal sex. Now it’s good that the EHRC Guidance explicitly refers to biological sex, but…it’s also clear 2/
