• KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Also, not that it matters, but a “DNA test” is not how you find out if someone has XX, XY, or XXY chromosomes. The word Rowling is looking for is “Karyotype.” But hey, if she knew how gender science worked, she probably would not be a TERF.

    • IzyaKatzmann [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Dang I took bio in uni and I forgot the word karyotype existed. No excuses for rowling, I refer to others as they identify instead of focusing on “oBjEcTiVe eSsEnTiAl LiFe FoRcEs” like DNA.

      They still have the british eugenics society over there, though after their second name change they are now the Adelphi Genetics Forum, I like using their old name though since I think it represents them better.

    • Alisu [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Also, there are cis women, born with a vagina, that have xy chromosomes, the same is true for xx men. So, the karyotype means nothing, essentially