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Re:Told reading tests are a game, boys score higher by groovy2shoes on Monday May 09, 2016 @05:47AM (#11658572)
> Are we to claim that ovaries and testicles are sex, and the brain and pituitary is gender?

That about sums up the usual definitions, yes.

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Re:Told reading tests are a game, boys score higher by devishard on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:11AM (#11683937)
Why make that distinction when they are fundamentally interconnected?
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Re:Told reading tests are a game, boys score higher by groovy2shoes on Saturday May 14, 2016 @04:37AM (#11695120)
The point is that they're not fundamentally interconnected. The current line of thinking among transgendered people is that their sex is not appropriate for their gender, regardless of what the chromosomes say. I.e., their genital profile and secondary sex characteristics ("ovaries and testicles") do not exhibit the same sexual mode as their identity ("brain and pituitary", though in many cases likely just "brain").
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