The following are some thoughts of mine (in essay form), and I would like to know if anyone has any thoughts they have on the topic, or on the thoughts or ideas themselves.
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People put a lot of stress on birth gender as if it's this huge deal that actually matters. People walk up to transsexual people and tell them, "You're still a Man/Woman because your DNA is still blah blah blah." So this set me thinking. XY, XX, what exactly is the big deal?
Normally Men are born XY, and Woman are born XX. This is not always the case in nature, contrary to some people's belief. If the gene SRY, within the y chromosome, fails in an XY individual (called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, a naturally occurring medical condition) , they grow and develop as a woman from birth. They are unable to give birth, as their genetic code fails to instruct them how to form eggs and they do not have a uterus, but they do gain every other feature a woman would have, including external genitalia. Some do not figure out they are XY until they try to have children.
Similarly, occasionally the SRY gene can become spliced onto an X chromosome and a Male can be Born XX(called XX Male Syndrome, however creative the name). These individuals grow in exactly as any other male would. They have the same muscle ratio, hormonal balances, and sexual functions. Everything is the same, except that they do not produce sperm. No real differences can be seen in this male and another male except the ability to reproduce.
It is proven by scientists that the only thing the SRY gene does is tell the human gonads to create either male or female hormones. Genes only normally carry one trait, and so this conclusion makes sense. As demonstrated above, the only other thing the X or Y genes do is determine reproductive ability. As shown above, a fetus with testosterone will form testes and "male parts", while a fetus with estrogen and progesterone only will produce ovaries and female parts. This is regardless of the true intended DNA of the baby in question with the exception that a fetus, given the opposite hormone than the one it should have created, will be sterile. As proven by the changes a female or male takes while on the opposite gender's hormones, all non reproductive aspects of sex are determined solely by the hormones in the body, and a slew of neutral gender receptors.
By undergoing Hormone Replacement Therapy when a person has the oppositely coded gonads, a person becomes sterile because their body's receptors start attempting to perform functions the hormones they add to their body do instead of the functions they would perform with their original hormones. By undergoing Hormone Replacement Therapy or removing their gonads, a person either negates or permanently stops their bodies creation of its original hormones. Thus the proven functions of one's original Y or X gene is completely and entirely invalidated in their body's systems. They no longer create hormones, or allow for fertility, which was their proven sole purpose. They no longer function, and the body acts as if they are not there. If something does not do ANYTHING, than neither does it determine ANYTHING. Therefore, just like the Chromosome in question, a person trying to use DNA against a transsexual is also logically invalidated.
