[OT] "Don't use science to justify your bigotry."

Cecilia Tanaka cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com
Thu Mar 9 09:57:21 PST 2017


"Don't use science to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird
for that shit."

And, please, don't use religion to justify your prejudices too.  :)

c.

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#  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/biology-teacher-transphobia_us_58b9cb01e4b0b99894177b63?section=women&

#  http://observer.com/2017/03/transgender-facebook-troll-biology-sexuality

#  https://www.bustle.com/p/science-teacher-grace-pokelas-viral-facebook-post-explains-exactly-why-this-transphobic-meme-is-wrong-on-so-many-levels-42843

#  http://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/143902/biology-teacher-transphobia-argument

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https://www.facebook.com/grace.pokela.1/posts/10100443442509510

"I just commented this on a transphobic post that was all like, "In a
sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and
a Y, I'm not a bigot it's just science." I'm a science teacher so I
responded with this.

First of all, in a sexual species, you can have females be XX and
males be X (insects), you can have females be ZW and males be ZZ
(birds), you can have females be females because they developed in a
warm environment and males be males because they developed in a cool
environment (reptiles), you can have females be females because they
lost a penis sword fighting contest (some flatworms), you can have
males be males because they were born female, but changed sexes
because the only male in their group died (parrotfish and clownfish),
you can have males look and act like females because they are trying
to get close enough to actual females to mate with them (cuttlefish,
bluegills, others), or you can be one of thousands of sexes (slime
mold, some mushrooms.) Oh, did you mean humans? Oh ok then. You can be
male because you were born female, but you have 5-alphareductase
deficiency and so you grew a penis at age 12. You can be female
because you have an X and a Y chromosome but you are insensitive to
androgens, and so you have a female body. You can be female because
you have an X and a Y chromosome but your Y is missing the SRY gene,
and so you have a female body. You can be male because you have two X
chromosomes, but one of your X's HAS an SRY gene, and so you have a
male body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes- but
also a Y. You can be female because you have only one X chromosome at
all. And you can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but your
heart and brain are male. And vice - effing - versa. Don't use science
to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird for that shit."


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