Steers MannThe standard biological definitions I quoted say nothing about "biological sex".You have to define the noun before you attach the adjectives like "chromosomal" or "morphological" -- or "reproductive". Is someone with…Oct 8, 20231Oct 8, 20231
Steers Mann"The two types of gamete (sperm, egg) are taken to map to two sexes".Kinda think you're starting off on the wrong foot and are now barking up the wrong tree. The standard biological definitions are…Oct 8, 20231Oct 8, 20231
Steers MannThat "distinction" IS meaningful -- and useful -- to biologists."Gamete competition, gamete limitation, and the evolution of the two sexes"Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 2023
Steers MannBit of a complex issue any way one slices it.But, as I had indicated and argued, technically speaking some third of us are sexless at any one time -- we generally pass in and out of…Sep 8, 20231Sep 8, 20231
Steers Mann> "most still are male or female"Nope, they're not. By the standard biological definitions which I've quoted, the necessary and sufficient condition to qualify as male or…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
Steers MannInteresting contribution to the "Re-define the sexes" sweepstakes, a fairly popular contest these…However, I really don't think it holds a lot of water, and is flat-out contradicted by standard biological definitions. Sadly, or not…Feb 22, 20231Feb 22, 20231
Steers MannQuite a good article – nice to see some further scrutiny of Prescod-Weinstein’s absolutely risible…But certainly of a piece with Sokal’s “hermeneutics of quantum gravity”. And, in case you missed it, “Feminist Glaciology”:Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
Steers MannWikipedia’s Lysenkoism“The primacy of subjectivity is by no means limited to politics. It now permeates the framework through which we have traditionally…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
Steers MannInteresting article; thanks for posting it - illustrates the wide range of viable chromosome…But to answer your question, it's not the chromosomes that determine membership in the sex categories - it's the type of gamete produced…Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021