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Introduction
In this thread, I'll outline why genders are genetically determined and immutable. To prove this, I'll retrieve information provided by Wikipedia.
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Why genders are genetically determined
Gene
In biology, a gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein.[1]
Nucleotide
Nucleotides are organic molecules consisting of a nucleoside and a phosphate. They serve as monomeric units of the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.[2]
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids. Alongside proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), nucleic acids are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life.[3]
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and DNA are nucleic acids. Along with lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates, nucleic acids constitute one of the four major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life.[4]
Chromosome
A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.[5]
Sex chromosome
A sex chromosome, (also referred to as an allosome, heterotypical chromosome,heterochromosome, or idiochromosome) is a chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, and behavior. The human sex chromosomes, a typical pair of mammal allosomes, determine the sex of an individual created in sexual reproduction.[6]
Sex-determination system
A sex-determination system is a biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. Most organisms that create their offspring using sexual reproduction have two sexes.[7]
XY sex-determination system
The XY sex-determination system is a sex-determination system used to classify many mammals, including humans, some insects, some snakes, some fish, and some plants. In this system, the sex of an individual is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes. Females typically have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), and are called the homogametic sex. Males typically have two different kinds of sex chromosomes (XY), and are called the heterogametic sex.
In humans, the presence of the Y chromosome is typically responsible for triggering male development; in the absence of the Y chromosome, the fetus will undergo female development. More specifically, it is the SRY gene located on the Y chromosome that is of importance to male differentiation. Variations to the sex gene karyotype could include rare disorders such as XX males (often due to translocation of the SRY gene to the X chromosome) or XY gonadal dysgenesis in people who are externally female (due to mutations in the SRY gene). In addition, other rare genetic variations such as Turners (XO) and Klinefelters (XXY) are seen as well. In most species in XY sex determination, an organism must have at least one X chromosome in order to survive.[8]
Why genders are immutable
Transgender
Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth. Some transgender people who desire medical assistance to transition from one sex to another identify as transsexual.[9]
Transsexual
Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex and desire to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including sex reassignment therapies, such as hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery) to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.
Transsexual is a subset of transgender, but some transsexual people reject the label of transgender. A medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria can be made if a person expresses a desire to live and be accepted as a member of their identified gender and if a person experiences impaired functioning or distress as a result of their gender identity.[10]
Gender identity
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex at birth or can differ from it.[11]
Gender expression
Gender expression, or gender presentation, is a person's behavior, mannerisms, interests, and appearance that are associated with gender in a particular cultural context, specifically with the categories of femininity or masculinity. This also includes gender roles. These categories rely on stereotypes about gender.[12]
Sexual characteristics
Sexual characteristics are physical or behavioral traits of an organism (typically of a sexually dimorphic organism) which are indicative of its biological sex. These can include sex organs used for reproduction and secondary sex characteristics which distinguish the sexes of a species, but which are not directly part of the reproductive system.[13]
Gender dysphoria
Gender dysphoria (GD) is the condition of distress a person feels due to a mismatch between their gender identity and their sex assigned at birth. The diagnostic label gender identity disorder (GID) was used until 2013 with the release of the DSM-5. The condition was renamed to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder.[14]
Gender transitioning
Gender transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman, or to be non-binary or genderqueer. (Non-binary people's internal sense of gender identity is neither solely female nor male.) For transgender and transsexual people, this process commonly involves reassignment therapy (which may include hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery), with their gender identity being opposite that of their birth-assigned sex and gender. Transitioning might involve medical treatment, but it does not always involve it.[15]
Sex reassignment therapy
Sex reassignment therapy is the medical aspect of gender transitioning, that is, modifying one's sex characteristics to better suit one's gender identity. It can consist of hormone therapy to modify secondary sex characteristics, sex reassignment surgery to alter primary sex characteristics, and other procedures altering appearance, including permanent hair removal for trans women.[16]
Sex reassignment surgery
Sex reassignment surgery (SRS), also known as gender reassignment surgery (GRS) and several other names, is a surgical procedure (or procedures) by which a transgender person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble those socially associated with their identified gender. It is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people.[17]
Transgender hormone therapy
Transgender hormone therapy, also sometimes called cross-sex hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity. This form of hormone therapy is given as one of two types, based on whether the goal of treatment is feminization or masculinization.[18]
What we know
- DNA and RNA are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.
- DNA carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms.
- RNA is essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes.
- A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
- Sex chromosomes determine the sex of an individual.
- Most organisms that create their offspring using sexual reproduction have two sexes.
- Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth.
- Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender.
- Gender identity disorder (GID) was renamed Gender dysphoria to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder.
- Gender transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity.
Conclusion
Genders are immutable because they are determined by sex chromosomes. Sex chromosomes are immutable because they are DNA molecules. DNA molecules are immutable because they carry genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms. Most organisms have 2 genders. Gender identity is subjective and can be flawed. Gender identity disorder was renamed Gender Dysphoria not because of biological evidence that there are more than two genders or scientific proof that it is normal to be born in the wrong body, but because of stigma associated with the term disorder. Gender transitioning is genetically immutable because genders are determined by sex chromosomes and not by hormones. Many genders exist in the mind of modern human but only 2 genders exist in the world.
You cannot choose your race, gender and appearence you are born with. You cannot choose the physical characteristics you are born with. You cannot choose your DNA and RNA you are born with. You cannot choose anything.
References
Essential sources are marked with '*'
- Gene
- Nucleotide
- DNA *
- RNA *
- Chromosome *
- Sex chromosome *
- Sex-determination system *
- XY sex-determination system
- Transgender
- Transsexual
- Gender identity *
- Gender expression
- Sexual characteristics
- Gender dysphoria *
- Gender transitioning *
- Sex reassignment therapy
- Sex reassignment surgery
- Transgender hormone therapy
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