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BBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move (www.leicester.news)
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Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

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[–] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

No they literally don't.

You're thinking of Sexes.

  • Sex - DNA
  • Gender - Social Construction that ties stereotypes to things that there's no connection to
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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Biological sex is a large cluster of traits with bimodal distributions where typically the traits are somewhat close to each other on their curves.

    You still manage to get situations like my ex's mom getting karotyped as XY despite having given birth multiple times

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