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<blockquote data-quote="somethingtobelievein" data-source="post: 74983" data-attributes="member: 90">normally society doesn&#039;t have to think about it so much for minute-to-minute judgments, but this is why the length of time that these new gender theories have been around is relevant.&nbsp; For basically all of human history - even though they didn&#039;t understand what an SRY gene is or a Y v. X chromosome - my definition captured what was considered man v. woman in 99.99999% of cases.&nbsp; Before we had this discussion come up, one would use the heuristic of &quot;born with penis or vagina?&quot;&nbsp; And hermaphrodites would be viewed as a one legged-person in the bipedal example, an exception rather than a valid third category.&nbsp; I guess I don&#039;t follow.&nbsp; It&#039;s a definition of a fundamental concept, like what is oxygen v. &quot;air&quot;; what is a dog v. a cat; what is a moon v. a planet.&nbsp; You define it as what it is, just like defining a &quot;human&quot;, generally.I&#039;ve been answering a lot of questions.&nbsp; Maybe it would be easier if you tell me how you separate man from woman?&nbsp; I understand that you view sex and gender as separate, so perhaps defining both. How do Arabs define a &quot;man&quot; if not with biology?It is easier to find the point between our beliefs if they are both defined.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="somethingtobelievein, post: 74983, member: 90"] normally society doesn't have to think about it so much for minute-to-minute judgments, but this is why the length of time that these new gender theories have been around is relevant. For basically all of human history - even though they didn't understand what an SRY gene is or a Y v. X chromosome - my definition captured what was considered man v. woman in 99.99999% of cases. Before we had this discussion come up, one would use the heuristic of "born with penis or vagina?" And hermaphrodites would be viewed as a one legged-person in the bipedal example, an exception rather than a valid third category. I guess I don't follow. It's a definition of a fundamental concept, like what is oxygen v. "air"; what is a dog v. a cat; what is a moon v. a planet. You define it as what it is, just like defining a "human", generally. I've been answering a lot of questions. Maybe it would be easier if you tell me how you separate man from woman? I understand that you view sex and gender as separate, so perhaps defining both. How do Arabs define a "man" if not with biology? It is easier to find the point between our beliefs if they are both defined. [/QUOTE]

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