For the 157th time, I just saw someone define ‘female bodied’ as ‘anyone with XX chromosomes.’ All too often we get caught up in the idea that people can identify however they want, but biologically…
No. Just. No.
Thing is, X and Y chromosomes don’t actually do much in the day-to-day. They don’t…
You’re quite messing up the ideas of biological and psycholoical gender identification.
Both chromosomes and primary sexual traits such as genitals are, on the vast majority of cases —cases of true biological hermaphroditism are extremely rare— completely binary and accurate enough for biological gender identification. Even cases of XXY people and such are so statistically low they can’t be used to argue non-binary biological genders are a reality. Traits such as genital shape, breast size and body hair are of course changeable; the fact that some people would desire to change them themselves proves it’s not something given by nature and that it’s a desire developed through nurture, that is, via psychological development.
Onto psychological genders, even though I personally don’t believe third genders exist as more than social constructs based on labour/moral divisions that reflect “spin-offs” of binary gender roles and bear no resemblance to psychological realities, I admit it’s far more believable to argue for the multiplicity of genders on this ground, where certain groups as hijras could sometimes be used as evidence. But as far as your biological interpretation goes, it’s far from being truth.
