• @[email protected]
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    -139 months ago

    But not really. They still have the Y chromosome, but the genitalia is kinda female before it fully forms

    • @alvvayson
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      9 months ago

      Wrong mate. Check out Swyer syndrome.

      XY vs XX chromosome is meaningless, since XY females occur in nature.

      We all start as female and testosterone turns half of us into men.

      Edit: I also just learned that XX men exist. It’s called De La Chapelle syndrome. TIL.

      • @rockSlayer
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        9 months ago

        Plus also various genetic polysomes that can cause people to be intersex

    • @[email protected]
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      149 months ago

      It’s not just X and Y chromosomes that determine sex though, from what I’ve heard (from actual biologists). I don’t know the specifics though. I wish we could have up-to-date biology facts like this taught with the basics in grade schools, but I can only imagine the uproar while hostile parents are still going to court over effing gender pronouns.

        • @MyFairJulia
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          I won’t have you teach my kids about this degenerate matter!

          You mean LGBTQIA+ people?

          No, degenerate matter! Unless you bring me a glass of, say, electron-degenerate matter, i won’t even entertain these made up states of matter! And shove your Bose-Einstein condensate where the light can’t exit the event horizon!

          • @LemmysMum
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            29 months ago

            Wait till you hear about the imaginary numbers they’re teaching your kids.

            • @MyFairJulia
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              What happened to the good old fashioned numbers which we used to rely on?

    • @[email protected]
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      79 months ago

      Incorrect. Without intervention by hormone signals, literally every human fetus would develop as a “female” with all the traditional female sex organs and morphology. I believe they’d even be capable of generating eggs and carrying babies, but I’m not as confident on that.

      A lot of people think that the XX or XY is determinative or definitional, but it’s always the hormones, baby.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        59 months ago

        No, hormones are necessary for female reproduction. Read about Turner’s Syndrome (one X chromosome).

        • @uid0gid0
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          59 months ago

          Also androgen insensitivity syndrome, when cells lack testosterone receptors. The complete version results in females with no uterus.