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When uploaded to Netflix, an episode of the educational children's show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" cut out a segment saying that chromosomes determine one's gender.
[...] While noncontroversial at the time, the 1996 segment appears to contradict Netflix's new series "Bill Nye Saves the World."
The new show endorses a socially liberal understanding of gender, under which gender is defined by self-identification rather than genetics and there are more than just the two traditional genders.
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Netflix Edits 'Bill Nye' Episode to Remove Segment Saying Chromosomes Determine Gender
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Oh, that sound of male ego. You travel halfway across the galaxy and
it's still the same song.
-- Eve McHuron, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1330.1
(Score: 4, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Friday May 05 2017, @02:03PM (9 children)
You can say it as much as you like but it's never going to be true. Gender = sex. What a thing is, it is, and no amount of wishing or denial will change that.
Now you can let your freak flag fly however you like and that's fine with me but I'm not going to make special allowances or effort to make you feel comfortable with your particular peccadilloes. I have no moral obligation to do so and you have no grounds to demand that I do.
As an aside, I am male and identify as such. I have never had any confusion about that. As such, I have no "freak flag" to fly and my peccadilloes don't run into those areas.
I'm not telling you what to do. If you come to my house, I might make certain requests regarding your behavior or what you bring with you. You, of course, can decline based on those strictures. No harm no foul. Other than that, I have no interest in telling you what you should or shouldn't do or say.
I'm not trying to PC you into silence. Not that it matters, but I generally appreciate your bluntness. I don't believe I've ever even intimated that you should modify your speech or behavior for *any* reason. Nor would I. It's not my business. Full stop.
What I'm telling you is that (read the links I posted if you like, I think you'll find them illuminating) you're flat wrong on the science.
Make of that what you will. It's no skin off my nose either way, Buzzard.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 05 2017, @02:51PM (8 children)
I don't personally care about what science has to say about how people choose to view themselves, because I don't care how people choose to view themselves. What I'm saying is pick a different word, you can't have this one; it's already in use.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Friday May 05 2017, @03:04PM (1 child)
Gender on rye, with swiss cheese and mustard.
That was a helluva gender last night, wasn't it?
I've been gendering about that for weeks!
So many genders, so little time.
If you get a gender, you should make sure you really want it. They're hard to remove.
Have a great gender, Buzzard!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 05 2017, @06:46PM
That could work if 22nd century technology allows "transhumans" to change gender daily.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday May 05 2017, @04:40PM
I don't personally care about what science has to say
Uh oh! I think I've heard that before. Anyway, it has become a disturbing trend
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 05 2017, @05:01PM (2 children)
I don't personally care about what science has to say...
You don't care what the science says.
You don't care what the dictionary says.
Yet, you accuse others of playing fast-and-loose with definitions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @05:35PM
The dictionary is biased and liberal. It does not reflect the modern understanding of the word.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @03:58PM
He is a turd, the remains of dead animals eaten by an ugly bird. He is a mighty piece of crap!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @01:03AM (1 child)
What I'm saying is pick a different word, you can't have this one; it's already in use.
Who made you the word police?
You obviously care, very, very much.
Why?
What is it to you if other people use a word in a way that has nothing to do with you?
As an individualist above all else, you seem to be oddly over-invested in the collective usage of a word.
Why are you unable to say, "fine, have your stupid definition" and then go on living your life never using the definition that you find so offensive?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday May 08 2017, @02:44AM
Hi, you must be new here. Let me fill you in on something important to know about me. I like to argue.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.