The American Psychological Association (APA) defines sex as "a person's biological status ... typically categorized as male, female, or intersex (i.e., atypical combinations of features that usually distinguish male from female." It defines gender as "the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person's biological sex."

Gender identity refers to:

[a] person's deeply-felt, inherent sense of being a boy, a man, or male; a girl, a woman, or female; or an alternative gender (e.g., genderqueer, gender non-conforming, boygirl, ladyboy) which may or may not correspond to a person's sex assigned at birth or to a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics. Since gender identity is internal, a person's gender identity is not necessarily visible to others.

Gender cannot simultaneously be socially constructed and inherent to the individual.

Gender identity cannot be simultaneously self-chosen and the product of socialization.

Gender identity cannot simultaneously be invisible and socially verifiable.

The human experience is not divided into separate biological and socially constructed parts.

The mere difference between gender and sex doesn't mean that one replaces the other. If sex and gender are different, then one doesn't replace the other. Self-identification is but one form of identification. It doesn't replace identification by other means.

The United Nations has revealed that nearly 900 biologically female athletes missed podium placements due to competition with trannies.

The women athletes should refuse to compete with males.

I do not care if an obvious male wants to identify as a woman. It is none of my business. But, I will never use female pronouns on a fraud like Lia Thomas because he demands I do so.

Quote from: caskur on December 11, 2024, 03:56:26 AMThe women athletes should refuse to compete with males.

I agree. They have to collectively boycott when males participate.

TRUMP will outlaw it when he gets in.

Quote from: Shen Li on December 10, 2024, 11:57:12 PMThe United Nations has revealed that nearly 900 biologically female athletes missed podium placements due to competition with trannies.

What is the point of having women's sports anymore if any failed male athlete can compete as long as he identifies as female.

Quote from: Brent on December 11, 2024, 02:55:18 PMWhat is the point of having women's sports anymore if any failed male athlete can compete as long as he identifies as female.

It's a fucking farce.

If gender is a social construct, then the category of "transgender" must also be a social construct.

Gender is not a social construct. It's an essential aspect of personal identity that follows from biological reality.

Quote from: Shen Li on December 12, 2024, 12:07:21 AMGender is not a social construct. It's an essential aspect of personal identity that follows from biological reality.

No shit.