Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMYV0LQBEBs
By Progressive Perspective
Length = 16:25
Ben Shapiro asks “Is so and so scientific” or “How do you determine scientifically that a person is a women” or something like that.
He wants something that is true.
I have heard similar argument from those that are anti-transgender. I remember someone saying that in biology class, we learned that when the 23 rd chromosome is XX, then it is a female and if it is a XY then it is a male.
That mostly applies to humans. There are cases where someone can have XY and be born as a female.
This notion of the shape of a chromosome indicating the sex of the creature has a certain word that I can’t remember.
Also, it is not present in other creatures.
Truth isn’t something that is exclusive to science. So, nobody is forcing us to decide whether someone is a man or a woman based on science.
So in the case of Ben Shapiro that says at some point “But that is not scientific!”, so what.
BUT THAT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC!
Humans have decided to classify people into male and female groups to do sports. That is not scientific.
In some sports, you have categories by weight: lightweight, middle weight, heavyweight. That is not scientific.
In some sports, you have categories based on age: Age 5 to 7 is in group A
Age 8 to 10 is in group B....etc That is not scientific.
This notion that males have more testosterone than females might be a fact but using that as a policy in a sport is not related to science.
Also, there is variation with the amount of testosterone between athletes.
The amount that a certain person has probably depends on a few factors like genetics, body size, nutrition, maybe the environment and exercise.
There are all sorts of genetic and whatever factors that effect a person. Maybe people from a certain region should only compete with their own group just to be fair.
Or, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, don’t classify people into groups and let them all compete together. Let the athlete decide with if he refuses to compete with a person or not.
Or like in school, measure their ability and then put them into groups. For example, measure their running speed. People who can do 20 to 22 km/h go into Group H.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMYV0LQBEBs
By Progressive Perspective
Length = 16:25
Ben Shapiro asks “Is so and so scientific” or “How do you determine scientifically that a person is a women” or something like that.
He wants something that is true.
I have heard similar argument from those that are anti-transgender. I remember someone saying that in biology class, we learned that when the 23 rd chromosome is XX, then it is a female and if it is a XY then it is a male.
That mostly applies to humans. There are cases where someone can have XY and be born as a female.
This notion of the shape of a chromosome indicating the sex of the creature has a certain word that I can’t remember.
Also, it is not present in other creatures.
Truth isn’t something that is exclusive to science. So, nobody is forcing us to decide whether someone is a man or a woman based on science.
So in the case of Ben Shapiro that says at some point “But that is not scientific!”, so what.
BUT THAT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC!
Humans have decided to classify people into male and female groups to do sports. That is not scientific.
In some sports, you have categories by weight: lightweight, middle weight, heavyweight. That is not scientific.
In some sports, you have categories based on age: Age 5 to 7 is in group A
Age 8 to 10 is in group B....etc That is not scientific.
This notion that males have more testosterone than females might be a fact but using that as a policy in a sport is not related to science.
Also, there is variation with the amount of testosterone between athletes.
The amount that a certain person has probably depends on a few factors like genetics, body size, nutrition, maybe the environment and exercise.
There are all sorts of genetic and whatever factors that effect a person. Maybe people from a certain region should only compete with their own group just to be fair.
Or, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, don’t classify people into groups and let them all compete together. Let the athlete decide with if he refuses to compete with a person or not.
Or like in school, measure their ability and then put them into groups. For example, measure their running speed. People who can do 20 to 22 km/h go into Group H.
