delichon 2 months ago

Chromosomal sex is established at conception but physical differentiation occurs later. The idea that all humans start as female is mistaken. It stems from the observation that in the absence of male specific signals embryos will follow a developmental pathway that results in female characteristics. But biologically speaking embryos are not inherently female. They start in an undifferentiated "bipotential" state.

  • beardyw 2 months ago

    I thinks "undifferentiated" would make the point just as well.

  • n4r9 2 months ago

    I'm curious why the executive order avoided chromosomal sex in its definition. Perhaps because of Swyer syndrome as mnetioned in the article.

carlmr 2 months ago

>to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell

What is the large reproductive cell? The egg?

bediger4000 2 months ago

There's 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency. How does that get accounted for?

  • bexxy 2 months ago

    What do you mean? It's a DSD that only affects males. The penis is malformed and the testes, which still produce normal levels of testosterone, are internal. No female sex organs are present.

lazide 2 months ago

I guess that is one way to solve the under representation in tech?

bexxy 2 months ago

> but the basic blueprint is what we ascribe to female bodies – that's why, for example, everyone has nipples and not just those people who might end up lactating (although everyone has the potential to do that).

What a stupid take. As everyone has nipples, it very obviously isn't an anatomical feature ascribed only to female bodies.

The author needs to learn some basic embryology and stop publishing incorrect and misleading articles on this topic.

reify 2 months ago

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  • JumpCrisscross 2 months ago

    The difference in quality between this and the top comment reifies the downsides of AI for analysis.

    Also, this is pure bullshit: “These findings collectively enhance our understanding of embryonic sex differentiation and development.” I don’t even think a university press office would write something that meaningless.

dinkumthinkum 2 months ago

I think the author of this article just has trouble with reading comprehension or they interpreted this in a childish way to make a click-bait article. It's really not that complicated.