Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender. Show all posts
April 11, 2023
March 17, 2023
Ignoring the science
The Biden Administration is IGNORING the science and actively supporting the encouraging of permanent, life altering treatment of children who are incapable of understanding what they are doing.
Instead of limiting puberty blockers, cross sex hormones and surgeries to the minuscule percent of children that have actual biological issues, they are promoting irreversible treatments of the large number of children that may feel pressure or confusion over gender issues as they develop. (1)
This is in direct conflict with the science as demonstrated by Norway, Sweden, UK and Finland severely limited transitioning of children because they have found that it is not supported by scientific data and where counseling is advised for children until they are adults. (2)
January 14, 2023
You ARE either Male(w testes) or Female(w ovary)
Biology
Humans have sexual reproduction organs called gonads. Females have ovaries. Males have testes
The developmental biology of humans defaults to producing a female. If there is a functioning SRY gene present and with normal functioning developmental biology a male will be produced.
The SRY gene is normally on the Y chromosome.
EXCEPTION In extremely rare (1:100,000) instances of birth defects or developmental disease affecting genes and normal development there can be an individual born with ambiguous or malformed genitalia and/or who is unable to develop into a fully formed adult. The result can be an individual without a functioning gonad, with impaired functioning of one type of gonad, with one gonad if one type and a not fully developed gonad of the second type. There has never been an individual with both a functioning ovary and functioning testes.
Adults should be free to claim to be whatever sex they want to be: male, female, trans-male, trans-female, binary, fluid, etc,. But there are issues with letting everyone act however they want including but not limited to; trans females competing with females in sports; trans females with male genitalia exposing themselves to females. There can also be issues with gender conversion treatments and procedures for children because, for the most, part these are irreversible and result in sterility and lack of sexual satisfaction. Gender conversion of children should be limited to rare instances where due to genetic and/or hormonal aberrations it is clear that such treatment is warranted.
And last, people should be free to have loving and sexual relationships with whichever consenting adults they choose.
Biological Sex
Females are humans with ovaries and males are humans with testes.
Most babies are born with a clear biological sex. Babies are
made when a sperm from the testes carrying either an x or a y chromosome, fuses
with an egg from an ovary carrying an x chromosome, to create a zygote. The
result 99.78% (1) of the time is a zygote with xx chromosomes or xy
chromosomes.
The zygote then further
divides to form the embryo which continues to develop and differentiate into
various structures, tissue types and organs. One of these organs is the bipotential
gonad that will ultimately develop into an ovary or a testes depending on multiple
complex factors and signals that affect its development. The key factors in this development is the SRY
gene which is normally only on the y chromosome.
The xy embryo, with the SRY gene and normal genetic and
hormonal functioning, will develop into a newborn male with testes. With normal genetic and hormonal functioning, as
the male matures and reaches puberty, increased testosterone production will
further develop the male with the typical male characteristics.
The xx zygote, without SRY and with normal genetic and
hormonal functioning, will develop into a newborn female with ovaries. With normal genetic and hormonal functioning, as
the female matures and reaches puberty, increased estrogen production will
further develop the female with the typical female characteristics.
With inherent normal differences in genetic and hormonal
functioning there is a natural variability of sexual characteristics with each
sex. There can be very masculine males
and less masculine males and the same variability within females.
In rare cases, 1.7% (1), there are conditions called Differences
in Sex Development (DSD) involving genes, hormones, ovaries, testes, reproductive
organs, and genitals, affecting newborn development or the further development
of the adult. These still result in a male or female with either ovaries or
testes, however, depending on the severity of the condition, the appearance, genitals,
reproductive organs, or ovary or testes function can differ significantly from
typical.
And in extremely rare instances, 1:100000 (2), there have
been individuals with both testicular and ovarian tissues, ovotestes, that may
be able to make sperm or eggs, but not both, and whose genitals, reproductive
organs and physical traits can be ambiguous.
There is a great deal of discussion regarding sexual identity
or gender. Recent research indicates that 1.6% of adults consider themselves
transgender, a different sex than assigned at birth, or nonbinary, their sex
can be either or both and vary (3).
Sexual Orientation (4)
(1)
https://ihra.org.au/16601/intersex-numbers
Intersex Human Rights Australia Ltd
(2)
Ceci M, Calleja E, Said E, Gatt N. A case of
true hermaphroditism presenting as a testicular tumour. Case Rep Urol. 2015
(3)
Pew Research Center December 2022
(4) https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspxBiological Sex
Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala knows gender medicine. She is the top expert on pediatric gender medicine in Finland and the chief psychiatrist at one of its two government-approved pediatric gender clinics, at Tampere University in Helsinki, where she has presided over youth gender transition treatments since 2011.
Kaltiala thus concurs with NHS England, which recently noted that social transition—using a child’s preferred name and pronouns—is “not a neutral act” but rather one that can solidify what is otherwise likely to be a passing phase into a more permanent state of mind, or “identity,” and put the minor on a path to drugs and surgeries. The NHS now warns of the risks of social transition in children and recommends it only for adolescents who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and have provided informed consent.
The Finnish Paediatric Society, the counterpart to the American Academy of Pediatrics, has come out against governmental support for gender self-identification in minors in a statement to the Finnish parliament. Likewise, the Finnish Medical Association wrote that “the decision to limit legal gender recognition to adults is a good one.” These statements run directly counter to the American Academy of Pediatrics
https://www.thefp.com/p/gender-affirming-care-dangerous-finland-doctor
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/finland-youth-gender-medicine
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1645526218811523072?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1639664240683528192?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
December 27, 2022
xy ≠ xx
Dr. Rachel Levine, the Biden administration’s trans-woman assistant health secretary called for health workers to pressure tech companies to combat misinformation about “the health equity of sexual and gender minorities.”
While on the surface it sounds fine to protect the health equity of everyone and anyone including the minuscule fraction of babies born with true ambiguous gender (intersex.)
The problem is that the Biden Administration is promoting and encouraging irreversible medical treatment for children (1) while the sane world recognizes that the majority of children need mental health care (2) (3) (4)
xy ≠ xx
Every egg is x. Sperm is y or x. At conception (save exceedingly rare cases), the baby human is xy (male) or xx (female). Nothing changes reality. Embrace the science.
December 25, 2022
Sweden protects kids, Biden- not so much
Sweden gets another thing right.
Just as Sweden managed COVID better by keeping schools open and avoiding lockdowns they seem to be better at managing children’s mental health issues.
Unfortunately, this is opposite of Biden’s woke policies that are pressuring health care to quickly promote non-reversible treatments to children with mental health issues regarding their gender.
And, by the way, I felt the need to include a short lesson on what cis and trans mean, as over the holidays I learned that teachers, at least 2 liberal ones related to me, are actively “learning” and teaching their students woke material that are factually incorrect. For anyone interested:
What is the difference between cis and trans?
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