Follow the Science?

Follow the science.  That's what Democrats/liberals/leftists preach.  Yet, in another showing of their hypocrisy, they don't follow science at all.  There are many examples of this, but I will focus on today's news.

I just read today that the Biden administration has been working on a National Gender Strategy.  What?!  What in the world is strategic about gender?  Gender is basic science.  Basic biology.  Today it was announced that United States passports will now have three options in the gender/sex category.  No longer must you choose between male and female.  Now there is a third option for people who don't know their own sex or pretend to be the opposite sex, and everything in between I guess.  That is not science, that is delusional. (And by the way, why are they spending time on gender strategy when our country is in the midst of many crises?)

I have a medical degree and a bachelor of science degree in biology.  And also a minor in psychology.  So I'm very confident and knowledgeable in my claim that there are only two sexes in humans.  And all mammals, and almost all other animals.  This is one of the most basic scientific facts.

From a strictly scientific biological definition, there are two sexes.  Male and female.  That's it. Excluding rare mutations, from the time of conception you are either XX -- female, or XY -- male.  Every cell in your body that contains a nucleus, contains the genetic code for male or female.  They are called sex chromosomes.  You have 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes -- one from each parent, and one set of sex chromosomes-- one from each parent.  Making 23 pairs of chromosomes in a normal human genome.

Concerning the sex chromosomes since your mother is XX you can only receive an X chromosome from her.  During meiosis when gametes are formed the number of chromosomes is cut in half from 46 (23 pairs) to 23 including one sex chromosome either X or Y. 

Obviously since women only have X chromosomes, each gamete (egg) will contain an X chromosome.

Men, on the other hand, carry XY sex chromosomes in each cell of their body that contains a nucleus.  (Red blood cells and platelets being the exception.)  Likewise, during meiosis, which produces male gametes (sperm), each gamete will contain either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome.

During fertilization the egg and sperm come together to form a zygote containing the requisite 23 pairs of (46) chromosomes including sex chromosomes.  XX or XY.  X from mom and either X (female) or Y (male) from dad.

Follow the science.  It is simple biology.  Nobody can change their biology.  You can't change the DNA in every cell of your body.  Males and females are biologically different primarily and secondarily.

I truly feel sad for people who have gender dysmorphia.  I can't imagine how hard it would be to be a female and feel like I should be a male.  Or vice versa.  But this is a mental issue that should be dealt with by psychologists not a physical issue that should be treated by surgeons.

If people want to dress up and pretend to be the opposite sex, that's their prerogative.  But society should not treat this as normal behavior.  We certainly shouldn't be changing government documents such as passports and birth certificates to include false scientific categories as basic as sex/gender.  Just because a minute section of society with unfortunate mental issues wants you to believe that they are something they are not, doesn't change the science and doesn't change what they actually are.  And society certainly shouldn't conform to altering basic science with falsehoods.  That's insane.

If I think I'm 24 years old, am I 24 years old?  No, I'm still 50 years old and getting older.  If I think I'm Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Polynesian, etc. does that make me a different race?  No, I'm still a Caucasian of northern European descent.  If I think I'm a foot taller than I am, am I a foot taller?  No, that's ridiculous.  And actually, all of these examples I have used are actually less concrete than sex/gender.  

Just because you want to be or think you are different than what you actually are, doesn't make it reality.  Sure, you can have all kinds of plastic surgery and alter your lifestyle to appear to be what you are not.  But you can't change science.  You can't alter biology.  You can't change your DNA.  A man will always be a man.  A woman will always be a woman.

For government officials, leftists, Democrats, liberals, and anyone who cries "follow the science" to then claim that there are more than two sexes/genders is beyond hypocritical and is irresponsible and delusional.

That's my two cents.