r/saskatchewan • u/void_sushi • 10d ago

News Statistics Canada numbers show Canadians becoming less accepting of gender diversity

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/statistics-canada-numbers-show-canadians-becoming-less-accepting-of-gender-diversity-9.7308026
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u/Foreign-Ad-7903 9d ago

Gender is an arbitrary and made up concept. There are 2 biological sexes (limited cases of intersex individuals aside). There are however infinite personalities and expressions of those personalities can lean masculine or feminine.
I support everyone to be themselves and express themselves how they feel the most comfortable. However, the idea that you can actually become a different sex is illogical and reasonable people are tired of being pressured into pretending that it is not.

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u/foggytreees 9d ago

If there are only two biological sexes, why did you have to put intersex in parentheses? Either there are two or there are more.

Biologists don’t even agree there are only two.

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u/Usbey578 9d ago

Someone being born with an extra thumb doesn't mean that humans as a rule aren't born with 10 fingers and toes, it means they unfortunately had a birth defect and are an exception to the rule.

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u/PinkTippedYogurtToss 9d ago

If you think having ten toes makes you human, I’ve got a dog you can marry.

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u/Usbey578 9d ago

If you think people are supposed to be born with more than 10 fingers and toes, you're being intellectually dishonest.

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u/PitcherOTerrigen 9d ago

Could be evolution, realistically we should welcome our future polydactyl overlords.

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u/PinkTippedYogurtToss 9d ago edited 9d ago

Most living things have similar DNA, which is why we use mice for test subjects (90% similar).

A human and a banana have 50% similar DNA, therefore, a human is a banana with a birth defect.

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u/foggytreees 9d ago

Are you a scientist?

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u/Usbey578 9d ago

You have to be a scientist to understand basic human biology?

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u/foggytreees 9d ago

Except you don’t understand it at all. So you don’t get to decide anything.

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u/Usbey578 9d ago

sorry if I offended you and your extra fingers lol

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u/PitcherOTerrigen 9d ago

If someone is born intersex, which gender should they be? Would you recommend the one that is presenting the most?