From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 6 Aug 2024, Richmond wrote:   
   >   
   >> oldernow  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2024-08-05, D  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Just sayin'.... ;-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Show me your chromosomes and I'll show you your gender!   
   >>>   
   >>> Sure. *Me*. But an entire religion has recently formed   
   >>> around believers in chromosomal insignificance. How do   
   >>> you plan to show *them*?   
   >>   
   >> People were talking about gender long before chromosomes were   
   >> discovered, so I don't see why the definition of gender has to be based   
   >> on chromosomes. In fact there is no way it could be.   
   >>   
   >> But it is all just an argument about the meaning of words, as usual.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Is there an inherent reason it could not be based on chromosomes?   
      
   Yes, because the word 'gender' was being used before anyone knew about   
   chromosomes.   
      
      
   > It   
   > seems to me your first and second statements contradict each other.   
      
   It doesn't look that way to me.   
      
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