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Australian law defines a man as having the XY chromosome pattern and a woman as having the XX pattern. Right now there is an Australian man challenging this because he has the XX pattern despite the fact that he is a normal appearing and functioning male. Since there are now known to be 9 different chromosome patterns found in people we can no longer use the XX/XY as an absolute determining factor.Science has proven that gender is on a spectrum with completely male on one end and completely female on the other, and spread out in between there are people who are varying mixes of male and female. While it's true that most people are adequately sex/gender congruent to live comfortably with their assigned role in society, making an absolute scientific division between male and female in every case is not possible. This is discomfitting to those who are poorly educated or deeply philosophically embedded in the sexual binary.
Australian law defines a man as having the XY chromosome pattern and a woman as having the XX pattern. Right now there is an Australian man challenging this because he has the XX pattern despite the fact that he is a normal appearing and functioning male. Since there are now known to be 9 different chromosome patterns found in people we can no longer use the XX/XY as an absolute determining factor.
Science has proven that gender is on a spectrum with completely male on one end and completely female on the other, and spread out in between there are people who are varying mixes of male and female. While it's true that most people are adequately sex/gender congruent to live comfortably with their assigned role in society, making an absolute scientific division between male and female in every case is not possible. This is discomfitting to those who are poorly educated or deeply philosophically embedded in the sexual binary.
