How many genders are there? How many should there be?

[NauticalGent]

And that touches on the heart of the issue. This could be easily solved if a consensus could be reached exactly WHEN life begins. If it gets determined that life LEGALLY begins at some time before birth, and whole new set of issues will have to be dealt with: If a pregnant woman smokes, could an argument be made that she has endangered the child?

Too much stuff to deal with so we will be cussing and discussing this for a long time.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

A fully grown baby at 9 months old, 1 second from birth is also called a fetus. If you kill that fetus, you can argue all you want that it isn't killing a baby. But I would call that murder. To my mind, the abortion case is altogether different from the man/woman argument because for me, sex is binary because it is about chromosomes. Contrastingly, a fetus/baby distinction is physically on a continuum, even if semantically it is not.

Personally, I agree with you. But globally recognized religions exist that draw a hard line either at "severing the umbilicus" or "drawing first breath" as the transition point. You know I will take the "Devil's Advocate" position sometimes - particularly when there is a large group who believes in a way that differs strongly from the beliefs of others. My position then must be recognized along the lines of this question: "Do we have the right to tell people their religious dogma is wrong?" question. AND the follow-up, "Do we have any rational reason to believe they will listen?"

You DO realize that my two questions are the same question implied in even having a thread such as "Are you an atheist?"

 

[Jon]

Fetus one minute from birth: "What's for dinner? Mothers milk?"

Radical left doctor: "Rat poison."

 

[Cotswold]

If two of the objectives of a man transitioning into a woman are to win a female sporting event and
to bully their way into Ladies toilets, or changing rooms. Often ignoring the requests to desist.
How soon after the transition do they stop growing a beard and when do their periods start?

 

[ebs17]

If two of the objectives of a man transitioning into a woman are to win a female sporting event and
to bully their way into Ladies toilets, or changing rooms.

The oldest trade in the world ensures that you can not only look but also touch.

 

[AccessBlaster]

There seems to be a glitch in the Matrix this morning...