Hacker News Reader

[flagged]

Why exactly do you think that a model of gender created by a bunch of people who didn't know anything about germ theory, let alone statistics, describes biological reality? Have you been so unlucky in life that you never ever have considered this?

Why exactly do you think that a model of gender created by child molester Dr. John Money describes biological reality? Have you never considered this?

On top of being an evil person, Money was quite wrong about gender — not only making intersex mutilation a thing, but also forcibly transitioning a young cis boy in one of the most heartbreaking cases I've ever read about.

The modern scientific model is a collaborative effort by many professionals across several fields, refined over several decades. There is no single scientist who is responsible for it. Instead of projecting cis insecurities, it centers trans people and treats us as honest conveyors of our experiences. And it sure is more correct than anything a bunch of illiterate fundies who beat their wives ever dreamed up.

The one that says there are only two genders and disagrees with biological reality, confuses sex and gender, and is mostly about fear instead of education.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com