Many people recognize that gender – how a person identifies, presents themselves and is perceived – has nuances. Some people identify and present as women, others as men, and still others as nonbinary.

But there is a common misconception that biological sex – usually determined by a person’s sex chromosomes, gonads (ovaries or testes) or genitals – is binary. This idea assumes that everyone is biologically either female or male, with no ambiguity or intermediacy.

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    what, in general, like taking out your appendix? or just exterior, like removing a breast to treat cancer? or just cosmetic, like fixing a broken nose? or gender-affirming, like a fat guy getting top surgery? or gender-affirming as the medically approved cure specifically for dysphoria?

    where is the line that makes it disturbing?

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        i know there was that doctor on antarctica who had to remove their own appendix, but i wouldn’t be surprised if people have done all the others too.

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      where is the line that makes it disturbing?

      “If they look like a female fuck-toy that makes my peeny go brrr but they aren’t really a female fuck-toy but a human with man parts, then it makes me uncomfortable and it’s their fault. They’re lying to me about their fuckability which is how I grade women, but if their fuckability challenges my heterosexuality it’s because they’re a disgusting abomination and I’m just a normal person.”

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        Yeah, it really can be condensed to just

        their fuckability challenges my heterosexuality

        Too bad people have delicate heterosexuality that can be swayed by a wind gust a tad bit too strong