Just FYI, I’ve never been asked about my “biological sex” from a doctor, and I’m pretty sure you haven’t either. You’ve been asked about your sex. That’s it. “Biological sex” is a right-wing dog whistle.
Yeah, it just says “Sex” and the “biological” part is implied. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s a useful concept in some contexts to convey a relevant set of information.
Calling it “biological sex” might be redundant but that doesn’t make it inherently bigoted. Someone might simply be emphasizing the distinction between sex and gender. And besides, I’m not the one who started calling it that in this thread so don’t act like I’m just inserting it unnecessarily.
It’s funny how many seemingly innocuous words and phrases that I didn’t know were ostensibly dogwhistles end up being called dogwhistles. If there’s some secret right-wing code of words that mean specific things other than their apparent meaning, I assure you I don’t know it because I don’t follow those spaces or their jargon. And I can almost guarantee you that I’m not the only one like that.
So immediately jumping to “dogwhistle” every time you hear someone say something that’s supposedly in this list of secret right-wing code words is kind of a disingenuous argument and you’re just going to alienate people who then won’t take you seriously in the future.
Just FYI, I’ve never been asked about my “biological sex” from a doctor, and I’m pretty sure you haven’t either. You’ve been asked about your sex. That’s it. “Biological sex” is a right-wing dog whistle.
Yeah, it just says “Sex” and the “biological” part is implied. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s a useful concept in some contexts to convey a relevant set of information.
Calling it “biological sex” might be redundant but that doesn’t make it inherently bigoted. Someone might simply be emphasizing the distinction between sex and gender. And besides, I’m not the one who started calling it that in this thread so don’t act like I’m just inserting it unnecessarily.
It’s funny how many seemingly innocuous words and phrases that I didn’t know were ostensibly dogwhistles end up being called dogwhistles. If there’s some secret right-wing code of words that mean specific things other than their apparent meaning, I assure you I don’t know it because I don’t follow those spaces or their jargon. And I can almost guarantee you that I’m not the only one like that.
So immediately jumping to “dogwhistle” every time you hear someone say something that’s supposedly in this list of secret right-wing code words is kind of a disingenuous argument and you’re just going to alienate people who then won’t take you seriously in the future.