From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10kdtm2$1s955$3@dont-email.me>, did   
   nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > On 1/16/2026 6:30 AM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > > Verily, in article <10kcenu$1b8jc$2@dont-email.me>, did   
   > > nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:   
   > >>> An adult female member of the species Homo sapiens sapiens,   
   characterized by   
   > >>> double X chromosomes and a physiology purposed toward bearing young.   
   > >>   
   > >> Well, your reference to 'female' already begs the question.   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > He already embedded a definition of "female": "characterized by   
   > > double X chromosomes and a physiology purposed toward bearing young."   
   >   
   > I took those to be litmus tests at best, not a definition.  E.g., is the   
   > double-X chromosome threshold airtight?   
      
   The traditional definition is by reproductive role, not by chromosomes.   
   We were able to distinguish male and female long before anyone knew   
   chromosomes existed.   
      
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