transgender woman - who was born a biological male - after she addressed them as "Mr"
The BBC sure have got the 'not technically misgendering' thing down to a science, calls her a 'biological male' (nonsense term made up by internet activists) and refuses to use she/her pronouns for the trans woman.
Yep. A desperate attempts to not take sides while ignoring actual science.
And with everything BBC not taking sides translates to supporting the arseholes.
calls her a 'biological male' (nonsense term made up by internet activists)
isn't gender actually the social and cultural construct?aka.. nonsense term made up by the internet activists.
biological male, would be more referring to someone's sex, aka science definitions. would it not?
also, right from the article disproving your annoyance....
won a settlement against the NHS trust she works for.
On Monday she said:
She said on Monday
Gender as a term has existed since the 14th century, the distinction that gender = social/cultural aspects and sex = biological aspects is a recent phenomenon, but still predates the internet. The problem with 'biological male' is it actually doesn't tell you anything, it's just a way of calling someone a man with plausible deniability. Are you talking about chromosomes, sholder-to-hip ratio, hormone levels or any of the other biological stuff we conceptually tie to sex? And what is the BBC referring to when calling this unnamed woman a 'biological male' (they're not referring to anything biological, they are calling this woman a man).
also, right from the article disproving your annoyance…
They're referring to the nurse, not the trans woman. The part I quoted is literally the only time the article refers to the trans woman.
Many daft ideas existed in the 14 century.
Humanity grew out of most of their shit.
If we have done it for 100s of years before the discovery of reasoned science is your best argument. Give up.
Yes gender is a made up concept.
But sex is also not binary.
So ideas like biologically male are just that. Ideas with no real scentific merit.
Biologically XY could be used. But without clear medical evidence. The BBC has zero idea if that applies. And people are known to be born female. To the po8nt of getting pregnant with xy chromosomes.
And while documented cases are rare. They are rare because it is rare that anyone is actually tested,. So how common is not really known.
honestly the nurse fucking deserved it. can't be blatantly bigoted then act like you deserve sympathy
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