@BenjaminAsh11@Pony167@StarLasswell1@NidRM@jk_rowling So the cool thing is that we can literally see the typical traits of male or female brains. In transgender folk, brain scans show brains similar to their gender identity, regardless of biological sex. So a transman (FTM)’s brain looks like a male brain. Neuroscience is amazing.
@BenjaminAsh11@Pony167@StarLasswell1@NidRM@jk_rowling Female — tend to be smaller on average; stronger neural paths between hemispheres (increased analytical thinking); more white matter (faster communication between different parts of the brain; larger hippocampus (learning & memorization).
@GeeksGolfers@AntiLeftMemes@jk_rowling The Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (aka the DSM, which is the cornerstone of clinical diagnosis) disagrees with you, you toolbox.
@JDVance MF’er, the Republicans run the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. This shutdown is your team’s fault, and to claim this BS just makes you look stupid in addition to being weak leaders.
@ScarystoriesBen@BlamKaboom@messrsmooney@jk_rowling Not that weird:
✅ Mammal
✅ Nurses young
✅ Waterproof
Wtf?
✅ Weird duck bill?
✅ No teeth?
✅ Floats?
✅ Has a cloaca & lays eggs?
✅ Hunts via prey’s electricity?
✅ Venemous?
✅ GLOWS IN THE DARK?!
@ScarystoriesBen@BlamKaboom@messrsmooney@jk_rowling I *almost* brought them up because that’s an anomaly that we can all collectively agree that we have no clue wtf happened there. Talk about a bucket of spare parts.
@ScarystoriesBen@BlamKaboom@messrsmooney@jk_rowling Because Mmamoriri’s high levels of testosterone and male characteristics, other male lions didn’t really come to the pride. Sometimes she stayed with the females, other times she protected the pride by fighting hyenas, & helping to take down large prey like a male would.
@Pony167@StarLasswell1@NidRM@jk_rowling Here’s a scenario:
An individual 100% looks female — female genitalia, a vagina, ‘female’ brain, the same level of estrogen & testosterone & muscle tone as females. In all ways, this person was raised as & identifies as a female. XY chromosomes.
Male or female?
@ScarystoriesBen@BlamKaboom@messrsmooney@jk_rowling That is correct, but as I’ve said in other responses, that’s likely got to do with how complicated our body systems are. True non-binary hermaphroditic animals do exist, but in animals with less complicated systems that can support both male & female sex characteristics.
@Amparo__Domingo@NidRM@jk_rowling It’s not an either/or situation. I can vehemently disagree with @jk_rowling and ALSO believe that absolutely no one, no matter who they are, should be in fear for their life because of something they’ve said. Hate has no home here, full stop.
@helenhairnets@NidRM@jk_rowling@jk_rowling was not being sent death & rape threats because of anything @EmmaWatson said. Those threats were the consequences of @jk_rowling ‘s own words. No one should ever, ever be threatened like that, full stop. However, let’s not pretend it was anyone else that caused it.
@Pony167@StarLasswell1@NidRM@jk_rowling Nope. Earned the hell out of them the hard way with my sweat, blood, & tears, as well as a 300-page dissertation. 🎓📚
@Skydaddy79@NidRM@jk_rowling It is clear that we do not travel in the same circles. Just because hate has become more mainstream does not mean that the “tide is changing”. Just because you’re the loudest doesn’t make you correct.
@mollistan@messrsmooney@jk_rowling Also, they’re only sex-specific conditions based on our current understanding of genetics. Phrenology was also widely accepted, as was the theory that babies & black people didn’t feel pain. That’s what’s great about science. It gets better as it learns more.