The Scientific Problem With Sex And Gender Dichotomies

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The Scientific Problem With Sex And Gender Dichotomies

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12929/the-scientific-problem-with-sex-dichotomies
Autumn Sandeen
9/11/09

When thinking about the belief systems of religious conservatives like Ensley and Dalton, we need to ask what exactly makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Is it genitalia? Is it genetics? Or can it be arbitrary -- is a person's sex what the gender marker says it is on a person's birth certificate? The vast majority of people fit into the standard biological dichotomy of male and female, but defining all people as either biologically male or female is equivalent to saying all people are heterosexual. While it's true that the vast majority of people are heterosexual, it's not true that all are heterosexual.