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Originally Posted by miriam
You think that replacing F and M with XX, XY, XXY, XO etc. would make clear to people that there is more just one gender or sex. But you make the same mistake as the people who you are focusing on. Your karyotype doesn't define your sex or gender. Someone with XY chromosomes can be a man, a mtf transsexual or a woman with an intersex condition.
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Exactly! See this just works so well.
I can tell everyone in the world I have male chromosomes (don't know about that yet) but if I have a vagina they still see girl.
You have to think about what society thinks and not what you think because you happen to be educated. Society is not. They think about two things, and those are genitals.
My partner knows I am more male than anything, had a crush on me as a male, knows I have a small penis and everything. I smell male. I look male, I sound male. But he thinks I'm female. If I had male chromosomes which again we don't know yet then what would that change? Nothing! He's had contact with female parts on my person and that is all he thinks about when judging if I am male or female and let me say I'm with an in between deciding on whether to transition or not mtf.
So my point is that your average person sees M or F and decides everything about you based on that one sexual organ. It's a black and white thats what it is, nothing more nothing less you have a vagina you're female you have a penis you're male.
Meanwhile look at what you have mentioned. A female with male chromosomes. Look I see you and I see a chick. No doubt in my mind you look like a very lovely lady.
By knowing you have male chromosomes that tells me nothing about what is in your pants and I can't tell if you are male or female by your chromosomes alone so I go with what my eyes see. A nice lady.
If I saw an M on your ID I'd think ok, MTF or intersex.
Most likely mtf because people are ignorant these days and know nothing about intersex conditions. Then that would lead my more rude mind to assume you're a dude.
Seeing a male chromosomes on you won't make me think dude. It will make me think hey I'm looking at a lady, she must have her x's and y's in a bunch but thats definitely a lady I'm looking at right now.
So there is my simple explanation, from a simple, greatly uneducated pov. And I must remind you that just because you are educated and know what is what, absolutely no one else who has not had to deal with having an intersex condition or has a medical background knows very much about your chromosomes, truthfully, we're all pretty dumb.
The most likely situation if someone saw your chromosomes on your ID as male is to think hmm I thought that meant male, I must be wrong, because I'm looking at a lady.
If you had an M there like I being more male would have an F there people would get confused because they know what M and F mean for sure.