ThaMunsta@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBy executive order, everyone is now female 🎉sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.42Karrow-down1imageBy executive order, everyone is now female 🎉sh.itjust.worksThaMunsta@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down3·7 hours ago…that’s not how that works. Early stages of development are bipotential, which means they could develop either way, they’re not initially female. Around 6-7 weeks, if carrying a Y chromosome carrying the gene SRY, they develop into testes. If there are two X chromosomes, then ovaries develop.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·4 hours ago…So we’re all legally non-binary? NBs rise up!
minus-squareMrMcGasion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoExcept in cases like Swyer syndrome where even with a Y chromosome, gonads won’t develop properly and the person will develop normal female genitals instead.
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 hours agoThis. It’s incredible how people miss this little important fact
…that’s not how that works.
Early stages of development are bipotential, which means they could develop either way, they’re not initially female.
Around 6-7 weeks, if carrying a Y chromosome carrying the gene SRY, they develop into testes. If there are two X chromosomes, then ovaries develop.
…So we’re all legally non-binary? NBs rise up!
Except in cases like Swyer syndrome where even with a Y chromosome, gonads won’t develop properly and the person will develop normal female genitals instead.
This. It’s incredible how people miss this little important fact