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like, take the example of autoimmune disorders being more prevalent in women*. obviously not everyone with estrogen-based endocrine systems are "women." but there are autoimmune disorders which are being discovered to have more of a role than just estrogen as well - for example lupus studies are finding x chromosomes may play a part. and not everyone with xx chromosomes have estrogen-based endocrine systems, so on and so forth.

but as BiOlOgIcAL sEx is so often thrown around as dogwhistles or just straight up airhorns for transmisogyny, i'm not sure what the ideal language to strive for would actually be, especially in tandem with how the medical system has a facet in oppressing trans people in general which you've spoken on (kind of why i thought to ask you lmao).

I'm not like, a biologist, everything I know about biology I know because used to watch YouTube videos about creationism, so I have no clue how correct any of this is, but the answer is to just list the thing which is actually medically relevant.

Somebody's assigned sex or current gender says absolutely nothing about their anatomy. If a condition is higher risk for people with estrogen based endocrine systems, then just say that. If the risk factor is breath tissue, or chromosomes, or something related to the reproductive system, then say that. The word "women" never enters the conversation because it never belonged there to begin with.

WE'RE BACK, tumblr gets this first hehe