There is Opinion and There is Just Plain Wrong!

A recent Supreme Court nominee, when asked, said she could not define what a woman is because “I am not a biologist”

Well, we who read this blog are biologists. We studied biology, anatomy, and endocrinology.

We should all know there are 2 genders. Female and Male. XX and XY. Those who produce ova and those who produce sperm. There are extraordinarily rare deviations from this pattern such as intersex children -but not enough to refute this basic biologic fact.

There are people who are more eloquent than I about this. I refer you to this article by Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-biologist-explains-why-sex-is-binary-gender-male-female-intersex-medical-supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson-lia-thomas-3d22237e?mod=Searchresults_pos1 1&page=1

He summarizes by saying “The biology of sex is not as simple as common sense, but common sense will get you a long way in understanding it.”

What there is a lot of these days is confusion about those facts. Those who are adults and are perplexed about how they see themselves will understandably go through some soul-searching.

But clearly wrong is biological men using female bathrooms, residing in women’s prisons or living spaces or competing in athletics against women.

But what is absolutely wrong is children with confusion about their gender being swooped up by gender advocates and undergoing medical treatments that permanently alter their anatomy and later reproductive abilities.

The younger the age that these treatments are instituted is exponentially more wrong. No one in their right mind should believe children as young as 5 can understand the long-term consequences of endocrinologic manipulation and gender-mutilating surgery. Smoking, drinking alcohol and getting tattoos are not allowed for children so how anyone can justify something so permanent is unfathomable.

I’m not talking about not supporting gender-dysphoric kids. I’m talking about permanence-you can’t go back When they become adults, they can choose whatever they want.

But what I haven’t seen written about is the physicians who are authorizing these chemical treatments and the surgeons who are performing these anatomic alterations of children’s bodies. Some of them are now being sued by adults who have had these treatments. We as physicians shouldn’t wait for the lawyers to lead, but should discipline these physicians ourselves for violations of their oath “Do no harm”.

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