u/Sooper-Sirius

I remember a few years ago when I heard loud thumping multiple times in my backyard (not like what a woodpecker does, I've heard those before, it was like hitting something 3 times repeatedly spaced out). I was wondering if those encounters were anymore or less common than direct sightings

This statement is honestly one that I find hilarious for two reasons.

1. It's often used as an argument against trans people, saying that two genders is basic biology. This is funny because, if you actually look into it, gender ≠ sex, and there are a lot more than two sexes in just humans. Sure, there may be x and y chromosomes, but there are at least fourteen different combinations of those two, and plenty of weird genitalia related things. Do those people suddenly not exist anymore? And gender isn't sex. Sex is genitalia and chromosomes (male/female/intersex/other variations). Gender is a social construct that might have basic associations with different sexes, but is a lot more complex than just boy=male and girl=female. Also plenty of other species have more than two sexes and genders.
2. The other reason I find it hilarious is because a good amount of the people who say "it's basic biology" and "science doesn't care about your feelings" are (atleast in my experience) ultra religious conservatives who think the earth was made 6000 years ago and animals were spoken into existence. Evolution is actually even more "basic biology" than sex, but they insist on denying it's existence because of a 3000 year old story book.

This was just me making fun of a dumb phrase used by uninformed people to push a discriminatory agenda, I'm open to discussion in the comments. Have a nice day!

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