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Topic	First baby born in Canada without assigned gender.
KanzarisKelshen 07/05/17 5:29:42 AM #108:	Kenri posted... KanzarisKelshen posted... Bold is mine because this is important. You say the rule (rule system) 'might be less than useful'. I'm saying 'prove it'. You've said you can't. So basically, what I am saying as a follow-up is you should recant your statement until you have an argument worth entertaining, because you look like a fool arguing in favor of something you don't even understand. >_> Yeah it's not that useful when applied to a specific person. If you're a doctor for instance, instead of asking "Are you female?" (more likely it would be "Are you a woman?" or just assuming without asking at all but lol) you can just ask "Do you have a vagina?" (or whatever other body part you're concerned about). It gives you more information and is less confusing for an admittedly small number of patients. I'm not saying "overturn the whole system! add 400 billion sexes!" You'll have to read some Hirschfeld to get that. So basically, what you're saying is that the 'sex' line that says 'male/female' in a medical report should be replaced with 'Genitals: Vagina/Penis'? I personally think that's not great, but not for social reasons. Moreso because it can actually be deceiving in the case of trans people who've undergone sex change operations. AFAIK, vulnerability to certain diseases, illnesses and such isn't really dependent on your sexual organs but rather certain peculiarities of your genome and body chemistry (which are largely unchangeable, though this is an area where I need to do some research so I'm not exactly speaking authoritatively here). So like, it wouldn't be very useful medically speaking. (It should be noted I'm all in favor of replacing the gender binary for something else that's more fitting to the current social climate, because that one is proving less useful with the passage of time. I just think the medical classification needs to be as clear as possible and leave no room for errors of interpretation, and this change might create some.) --- Shine on, you crazy diamond. <cite>KanzarisKelshen posted [p:882358364] in First baby... [t:75529907]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kenri posted...</cite> <quote><cite>KanzarisKelshen posted...</cite> <quote>Bold is mine because this is important. You say the rule (rule system) 'might be less than useful'. I'm saying 'prove it'. You've said you can't. So basically, what I am saying as a follow-up is you should recant your statement until you have an argument worth entertaining, because you look like a fool arguing in favor of something you don't even understand. >_></quote> Yeah it's not that useful when applied to a specific person. If you're a doctor for instance, instead of asking "Are you female?" (more likely it would be "Are you a woman?" or just assuming without asking at all but lol) you can just ask "Do you have a vagina?" (or whatever other body part you're concerned about). It gives you more information and is less confusing for an admittedly small number of patients. I'm not saying "overturn the whole system! add 400 billion sexes!" You'll have to read some Hirschfeld to get that.</quote> So basically, what you're saying is that the 'sex' line that says 'male/female' in a medical report should be replaced with 'Genitals: Vagina/Penis'? I personally think that's not great, but not for social reasons. Moreso because it can actually be deceiving in the case of trans people who've undergone sex change operations. AFAIK, vulnerability to certain diseases, illnesses and such isn't really dependent on your sexual organs but rather certain peculiarities of your genome and body chemistry (which are largely unchangeable, though this is an area where I need to do some research so I'm not exactly speaking authoritatively here). So like, it wouldn't be very useful medically speaking. (It should be noted I'm all in favor of replacing the gender binary for something else that's more fitting to the current social climate, because that one is proving less useful with the passage of time. I just think the medical classification needs to be as clear as possible and leave no room for errors of interpretation, and this change might create some.) --- Shine on, you crazy diamond.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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