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[–] adam_kadmon@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that Matt Walsh? Great documentary, frustrating to watch, but great

[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean great in what way? Great at looking into the empty mind of a conservative grifter? The scene of that researcher trying to explain the intricacies of gender identity and expression, and Matt Walsh zoning out to classical music will be stuck with me forever

[–] adam_kadmon@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Great as in nicely edited, compelling in a Michael Moore way. I just rewatched it and think I know which scene you mean. They could've left more of his contortions in, fair enough, but he gets an awful lot of airtime besides. How is Walsh a grifter? I only know him from this documentary and the interview that led me to it.

[–] partizan@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

IMO those researchers should be able to easily explain what is a woman or any of those asked definitions, but somehow they are just stuck in a loop of a circular definitions... thats pretty much says to me, they are no researchers but charlatans...

[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you would be wrong. It's almost impossible to narrow down a definition to something that includes everything that is, and excludes everything that isn't. The entire point behind gender identity and expression is that human beings are extremely complex, and the things we attribute to biological sex are almost all sociologically constructed. Trying to rigidly define a woman will inevitably exclude those who even conservatives would consider traditionally consider woman. As such, a deep look into gender theory is needed to understand how we categorize people into different genders.

[–] partizan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thats not true.

The entirety of sciences is based on generalizations of stuff by their common denominating parameters, despite the outliers. This includes chemistry, physics,...

Generally in biology, the female are usually characterized as the sex producing immobile ova and the males producing mobile sperm. The outliers, which due to some mutation or other reason doesnt fit that description, doesnt change the definition, they are simply described as outliers.

Its now also indicated by studies, that those intersex outliers in humans are mostly caused by endocrine disruptors during pregnancy but also during later life: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.4137/EHI.S39825

[–] SpermGoobler@lemmy.blue 2 points 1 year ago

It's cringe :(