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| | Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
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| | [AI summary] The text presents a philosophical and political argument against the concept of 'gender identity' as a distinct ontological category. It argues that gender identity, when articulated through expression and presentation, leads to ontological profligacy and divisiveness. The author advocates for retaining the ontology of biological sex, recognizing diverse socio-cultural expressions, and dropping the concept of gender identity. They also make a normative claim that discrimination based on gender expression/presentation should be illegal. However, the text acknowledges potential conflicts, such as with bathroom legislation, and suggests a balance between principles of biological sex and gender expression, while advocating for long-term social reori...
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| | Gender is something everyone thinks they understand, but most people really don't. Here, it's broken into three categories: identity, expression, and sex. It's less "this or that" and more "this and that."
| | historyforatheists.com
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| The concept of "the Dark Ages" is central to several key elements in much anti-religious polemic. One of the primary myths most beloved by many anti-theists is the one whereby Christianity violently suppressed ancient Greco-Roman learning, destroyed an ancient intellectual culture based on pure reason and retarded a nascent scientific and technological revolution, thus plunging Europe into a one thousand year "dark age" which was only relieved by the glorious dawn of "the Renaissance". But when this "Dar...