We’re going well past “these two words mean the same thing!” that I was replying to, probably because they deleted their comment. So there is missing context.
So trans women’s brains mirror those of cis women more closely than cis men, and vice versa for trans men.
Because sex is not a binary either. I’m not a geneticist, doctor, etc, but this is fairly well established AFAIK, showing that ‘male’ and ‘female’ are more akin to general groupings, with a degree of overlap, than any actual dichotomy.
As a sample reference:
https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/genomics/Scientists-reject-binary-view-human/102/i33
To quote that example:
Gender and sex are closely related yet distinct concepts—sex is considered a collection of biological characteristics, and gender is considered a collection of socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities.
Regarding the next bit from you:
Also, treating sex as the only one that is relevant in medicine is reductive and inaccurate.
It would be, but that isnt what I said, right from the quote you have of me:
Sex and gender are still entirely distinct
I never, at any point, said that only sex mattered in medicine. I said they were distinct.
I doubt it was your intention to do so, but youre putting words in my mouth. Please don’t misrepresent me.
Gotcha. Yes, I didn’t get to see the original comment.
I never, at any point, said that only sex mattered in medicine. I said they were distinct. I doubt it was your intention to do so, but you’re putting words in my mouth. Please don’t represent me.
TBF I did state quite explicitly that that was my own interpretation of your statement, not what you had literally said, because I couldn’t think what else you meant by that expression (possibly because of the missing context.)
I apologise for any hurt I have caused and will edit my previous comment, so as not to misconstrue yours.
showing that ‘male’ and ‘female’ are more akin to general groupings, with a degree of overlap, than any actual dichotomy
I totally agree.
No worries! Like I said, missing context from the deletion. For the record, they were conflating sex and gender and thinking they were the same thing.
Which, obviously - no, definitely not the same thing, and both are important.
Edited to add: and I completely understand how the lost context can make things more confusing, so seriously, no worries. I just wanted to be clear that was not what I was saying at all.
