We officially now have MALE, FEMALE and X

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23rd Chromosome  

XX = Female
XY = Male

I understand that biology isn’t always that neat but pretending you’re something you’re not doesn’t make it so.

Male and female is more than just a different chromosome.

And most of that different chromosome isn't even concerned with sex differences.

How many times have you been concerned about someone else's chromosomes?

Also there are many, many people out there who have completely different chromosonal arrangements and you still see them as either male or female. The entire population can't be divided into XX or XY.

Male and female is about more than just chromosomes, but it's also about more than an individual decision about identity. That makes far less sense than relying on chromosomes since we can't know why the person is deciding to identify as a different gender than their chromosomal one. What's going on in their brain? It makes the whole definition of gender pointless. There has to be a scientific basis of gender and chromosomes and genitals seem like an obvious place to start, although they are not a stopping point, necessarily.

The whole argument I think has the wrong focus, because the focus should be about how you treat someone. A MtF transgender wants to be treated like a woman, but women by and large want to be treated equally. So if you treat people as individuals already, it makes the whole discussion seem weird and pointless. Identify as you want, I'll judge you as an individual because that's how I try to judge everyone.