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** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.) | ** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.) | ||
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* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that now. Youd have to define now as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and Im getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..." | |||
* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological. | * '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological. | ||
* '''2014-02-20''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/20/sex-differences-are-real/ Sex differences are real] but not binary | * '''2014-02-20''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/20/sex-differences-are-real/ Sex differences are real] but not binary | ||