If I can identify myself as a specific gender

Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports
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Mar. 3, 2021 — Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls' sports teams in ..

NCAA could move tournaments if anti-transgender bill passes ...
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17 hours ago — “The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports

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Given that the vast majority of conservative politicians supporting anti-transgender bills can't provide one concrete example demonstrating any adverse effect on girls' sports in their state - apparently this is legislation designed to remedy a problem that has yet to be identified!

Assuming the NCAA Board of Governors would have a better understanding of this issue than Republican governors and legislators, they have just adopted a position similar to MLB and will withhold tournaments from states passing anti-transgender bills!

It should prove interesting if conservatives, followed by FOX, decide to boycott all sports that have refused to hold tournaments in states that have enacted such legislation - I suspect that both the NFL and NBA will follow baseball's example!

hislegacy said:

Iwas hoping for an actual scientific study. He is not a scientist, nor does he cites any.

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I’d suggest just googling “scientific studies on human sex chromosomal abnormalities” or anything else vaguely similar to that statement - there is no shortage of medical/scientific literature on these anomalies.

JacksBratt said:

It was a response to the post that I quoted.

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Really?

I mean it didn't seem to address anything that was mentioned in the post, although it did seem to address lots of things that were not mentioned in that post, but no matter.

hislegacy said:

perhaps he was speaking to monkeys a little too often.

Iwas hoping for an actual scientific study. He is not a scientist, nor does he cites any.

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You are welcome to site any scientific study that refutes his findings.
I note you have not citied any scientific studies to support your claim either.... but I guess it's only Ok when YOU do it?

hislegacy said:

Gotta admit - he has some good recipes, not too bad on his investment strategies.

Want a link? OKIE DOKIE - From a Biologist:

In a powerful commentary in the Feb. 3 edition of The Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin Wright and Emma Hilton explain that, scientifically, there are only two sexes, male and female, and there is no sex "spectrum." They also stress that "biologists and medical professionals" must stop being politically correct and "stand up for the empirical reality of biological sex."
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In the increasingly brainwashed world we live in, it is incredibly refreshing when experts are willing to speak the politically incorrect truth. In Thursday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton provide extensive commentary on the transgender fad and the notion of gender fluidity. What does the science say? In short, it says that are only two genders: male and female.
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And just for you - enjoy - one of the best!

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None of this refutes anything that parousia70 has presented. If it did, it would just be plain wrong.

hislegacy said:

Gotta admit - he has some good recipes, not too bad on his investment strategies.

Want a link? OKIE DOKIE - From a Biologist:

In a powerful commentary in the Feb. 3 edition of The Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin Wright and Emma Hilton explain that, scientifically, there are only two sexes, male and female, and there is no sex "spectrum." They also stress that "biologists and medical professionals" must stop being politically correct and "stand up for the empirical reality of biological sex."
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Would you like another?

In the increasingly brainwashed world we live in, it is incredibly refreshing when experts are willing to speak the politically incorrect truth. In Thursday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton provide extensive commentary on the transgender fad and the notion of gender fluidity. What does the science say? In short, it says that are only two genders: male and female.
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And just for you - enjoy - one of the best!

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Incidentally, none of these are 'scientific studies', they are 'opinion pieces', well apart from the last one which does present some 'scientific methodology' (on how to bake cookies).

CatsRule2020 said:

You are the gender that your peers determine that you are beginning in elementary school and throughout your adult years. It matters not what you think,wish, or feel. Even what biological sex you are.

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hislegacy said:

you leave your gender to a group of five year olds?

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It has been academically established for some time now that it is between the ages of 3-5 that children distinguish the genders and behave accordingly.

How a 5yr old amongst their peers, deals with small animals is another revealing way to see his or her true gender coming through.

hislegacy said:

3 to 5 year old's have issues distinguishing where, when and how to go to the bathroom; let alone what gender they are. ( I have six kids). I came home one time to my middle son (4 at the time), dressed in his sisters dress, his hair done including nail polish and makeup. He announced quite proudly that he was a girl - we still call him Suzie poosey sometimes.

At 6 he was iron man, even broke his arm as he tried to fly off a bookcase.

At 8 he was a soldier and baseball star.

Today at 28 he is a happily married father of two.

Anyone, academic or not, who really believes a child of three to five has the ability to make determinations for anything for their lives, let alone alter the child's body chemically or surgically; either has never raised children or needs serious psychiatric help.

That is my opinion - others may vary.

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My 4 year old has been a crocodile all day today, although he got quite frustrated when people commented on how cute the little dinosaur looked.

I remember when I was four years old, and the new girl next door moved in. She was the same age as me and I immediately knew I was a male and she was a girl.

JimR-OCDS said:

I remember when I was four years old, and the new girl next door moved in. She was the same age as me and I immediately knew I was a male and she was a girl.

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Though off topic for the thread, This is precisely how I know being gay isn't a choice someone makes.

parousia70 said:

Though off topic for the thread, This is precisely how I know being gay isn't a choice someone makes.

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But it is about the topic of the thread which is about people identifying themselves as
a specific gender.

The point is, a person knows early on that their heterosexual or gay, even though they're too young to have the vocabulary to define it.

As I stated, at four years old, I knew I liked girls not boys.

I believe homosexuality isn't a choice and they know it early on.

However, people who now claim that gender and sex are different and don't know what gender they are, is a lie.

I'm sure someone has said this already, but there is no biological reality called 'race'. Race is a cultural construct. This does not however mean that it isn't a potent cultural reality. People have bled and died in defense of ethnic and racial ideals. Tread carefully. Your analogy is a dangerous one.

BNR32FAN said:

Well you should because now that your white you are “systematically discriminating” against people of color and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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So true. Certain segments of the population what to blame all white people for everything, yet this was in the past but that segment still wants us to hate each other and be separated.

Taodeching said:

So true. Certain segments of the population what to blame all white people for everything, yet this was in the past but that segment still wants us to hate each other and be separated.

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I think in life there’s always going to be situations where someone feels they’ve been wronged and don’t know why and I think in many cases POC have a tendency to view these situations as racial discrimination. But these types of situations happen to everyone of all races. I’m not saying that racism is never the cause but I think it gets considered as such more than it actually is.