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Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by thwest on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @02:03PM (#4906132)
Sex is determined genetically; Gender is determined socially and psychologically.
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Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by g8oz on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @04:10PM (#4912475)
That is an ideological position, not a statement of fact.
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Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by thwest on Thursday December 13, 2012 @03:31PM (#4917906)
The claim that ideology is separate from fact is an ideological position, so I don't think you are saying much. Do you care to make a claim about why you feel its acceptable to confuse sex and gender?
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