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@SocialElsie @RichardDawkins Correct. Sex is biological. Gender is not. That's why they're called transGENDER.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins People who describe themselves as trans exist. No-one is really the opposite sex though, everyone is the sex their body is.

The leader of the Lib Dems, and the leader and deputy leader of the Green party, think some women have penises. In itself, it seems like a relatively unimportant matter. But it is symptomatic of a contempt for science and evidence-based truth. Could you vote for a flat-Earther?

@petermagellan @RichardDawkins It's not a euphemism. Gender and sex are two different things.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins There’s nothing to learn. Gender as a euphemism for sex just encourages delusion.

@petermagellan @RichardDawkins You should learn more.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins Gender is a grammatical term; it has no use in humans except to obscure their sex.

@petermagellan @RichardDawkins No one has asserted they can change sex. The topic is gender. You should learn the difference.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins Telling the truth is reason, not hate. Humans cannot and do not change sex. Or “gender”, whatever TF that is.

@Hardley76 @RichardDawkins I'm not arguing biological sex. I'm talking about gender.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins Looks like you’ve illustrated his point perfectly. Biology is not ‘hate’. Women don’t have penises. It’s a mere statement of fact. That it upsets you is odd but doesn’t change it.

@RomanSlevo @RichardDawkins No one has said anyone can change their biological sex. That's a straw man argument.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins Calm down, jeez. He just doesn't like the anti science bs elements of gender ideology. Anyone who honestly believes men can get pregnant is basically a flat earther. People cannot change sex, deal with it. And yet I still think we can be nice to and about trans people regardless

@ellymelly @RichardDawkins We're not taking biology. Nobody is making the argument that trans women are biologically female.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins Biological fact is not hate. But hating biological fact is politics, not science.

@SocialElsie @RichardDawkins Trans people exist. There's your evidence.

@TheDeadmanshand @RichardDawkins I think you'll find the common factors here are your ability to be persuaded to believe things without evidence and Richard requiring evidence.

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins I haven't lost this debate. You've not accepted my premise. That's fine. We don't have to agree. I didn't expect to persuade you. If sporting bodies were agreeing on their own, it wouldn't require legislation.

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins I believe the women’s category in sport is a sex category, not a gender category. And every sporting body is agreeing with me, one by one. If you want to stop losing this debate, you need to come up with a better argument

@davidfindlaymus @Busanitian @RichardDawkins You're very bad at determining what a bot is. I don't often engage on X because it's populated by scum like you.

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins That was a predictable response. 208 followers since 2009 is bot territory. Mute.

@SalemThe5th @BuckeyeLove99 @RichardDawkins Sex doesn't rely on age. The fact you have to give it extra qualities shows that man and woman are not sexual descriptors.

@TheDeadmanshand @BuckeyeLove99 @RichardDawkins WRONG! A woman is an adult human FEMALE. A sex. A man is an adult human male. A sex. Man and women are sexes, not genders.

@SalemThe5th @BuckeyeLove99 @RichardDawkins You can keep stating false things. But it won't make them true. I'm not arguing with you.

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins I've already explained that. A woman is not a woman by her ability to be admitted to a particular sport. When did we establish THAT is what qualifies a woman as a woman? Talk about a straw man argument. I'm done with you. You're disingenuous at best.

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins Obviously trans people exist, and please don’t attribute straw-man arguments to me. But you seem to believe that at least *some* trans women should not be allowed to compete in women’s sport. So I don’t understand how you can still believe that *all* trans women are women?

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins No, but the answer certainly isn't to pretend that trans people don't exist, either. Science is a problem solving and error correcting process. As I said, individual situations should be the determining factor until sufficient research can be established.

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins Joanna Harper tried establishing this argument a few years ago, established some research projects to defend it, and they have now all failed. Do you have any argument based on current sports science research?

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins 5. are running the tables. There's no trans woman athlete that's vastly outperforming other women in the field. (END)

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins So you believe that some women should be excluded from women’s sports, based on nuance. Can you give any concrete examples?

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins 4. hence, why I believe each situation should be evaluated individually. Maybe instituting physical limits like they do with weight classes in wrestling and boxing. But also, this isn't really even a prevalent issue. It's not like trans women competing in women's sports CONT

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins É. of sorts has usually sought to equalize. However, let's look at collegiate athletes or post grad athletes that have undergone hormone therapy. Their physiology has changed. A trans woman that has undergone hormone therapy would be at a marked disadvantage in men's sports. CONT

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins 2. a woman, because she was AMAB(assigned male at birth, if you're unfamiliar with the term), she has benefited from an increased amount of testosterone and presumably a different physical upbringing. Without any hormone therapy, there's a fairness issue that the segregation(cont

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins I can give a hypothetical and contrast it with another situation. This will require a few comments. Student A comes out as a transwoman and wishes to participate in women's sports that season. We have a situation of fairness there. While she should be recognized as a (cont)

@fcqv @Busanitian @RichardDawkins *depended, not friended(damn swype)

@TheDeadmanshand @Busanitian @RichardDawkins So you believe that in some situations, trans women are not women?