#basic science

Jesus was a surrogate baby.

What exactly is a ‘biological male?’ The definition of biology is “the physiology, behavior, and other qualities of a particular organism or class of organisms.“ So let’s brake that down a bit. In refference to humans that means organ structures and chemicals that run those organs. So when talking about biological sexes, we’re probably referencing a certain set of average characteristics shared by people with XX chromosomes, XY chromosomes, or other sets of chromosomes which are part of natural human variation like XXY, XYY, XXX, XXXXY, X, XXXXXX, and XXXY (learned about those in biology class. It’s really cool how much more diversity there is to human biology than you generally think about. If we’re basing sex off of DNA, there are indeed WAY more than two sexes).

Now the way that any of those sets of DNA (which are known as genotypes) translate to how the body looks and works (phenotypes), is by making chemicals. Those chemicals are what build all the organs and keep them running the way they do. DNA isn’t the only thing deciding how much of each chemical there is though. Environmental factors like the food we eat, medicine we take, other organisms living inside us like bacteria and viruses, chemicals we absorb from the environment, and even stress massively impact body chemistry, often completely overriding DNA. So sometimes you might have the genotype for one thing and end up with a different phenotype. Like people who were born with tall genes but end up short as adults because during the time they were developing they didn’t have access to adequate nutrition. Their DNA might say one thing but in reality, they turned out as something else. The short person with tall genes is still short, regardless of what their DNA says.

Phenotype can also be directly changed by outside forces, like getting a limb blown off in an explosion, getting your ears pierced, or having surgery. These overide both DNA and body chemistry. A person with the DNA and chemicals to have two arms but had one arm chopped off is phenotypically a one armed person.

When reffering to different sexes, we’re usually talking about generalized groupings of phenotype, like gential organs, bone structure, musculature, hair growth, and fat distribution. These phenotypes are generally determined by chemicals called hormones. Just like any other chemicals, these too are impacted by environmental factors like what we eat and what medicines we take. So when someone takes a medicine that alters their hormone levels, that alters their phenotype. Just like how growing up with healthy foods and vitamins can help kids develop strong and healthy bodies, medicines like puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy lead to bodies developing differently. These phenotypes can of course also be altered through surgery by deconstructing and reconstructing different parts of the body like genitalia and facial bone structure. By changing the chemicals and organ structures they have changed the biology.

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And yet...

I find that I've been doing that lately on and off when I'm in a really shitty mood. =_=;;;

Anyone else feel this way? Like usually you'll see something that's so blatantly stupid and rude, and utterly disgusting, and you'll just scowl but move on with your life because you KNOW they're just a stubborn asshole who won't change their mind no matter what logic you throw at them-

And then there are days when you see the same shit and it's like you roll up your sleeves and get ready to throw hands via words and letters- >_>

Ugh...How far I've fallen.

The worst part is that I end up hyper focusing on these petty fights too and just stare at my phone until I get that notification....In which I then proceed to do what's probably the text message equivalent of lunging at someone's throat-

I don't know what this is. Part vent, part wondering if anyone else feels the same? Part "hey maybe someone will find this funny", and a big chunk of "I haven't slept and I tend to ramble about shit no one asked for when I'm like this."

Long story short, some people are being so disgustingly hypocritical and it's like scraping a cheese grater over my brain. =_=

I made the following diagrams for my friends who are concerned that face masks are simultaneously so impermeable that they will accumulate a toxic amount of carbon dioxide gas and so porous that they will allow a virus to easily pass through.

Me mentally: *smacks all of these assholes with a middle-school text book*