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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that you framed them as “biological” rather than “assigned” makes me question your motivation for asking.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I was about to say that. Biological-female and biological-male is a form of misgendering that is far too common and an innacurate way of describing someone's sex or gender.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

And there are people who do it maliciously, but it's also pretty common for well-meaning advocates to do it before they learn. That seems to be OPs case, at least on the surface of it.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Never meant to imply that it was malicious, just that it's common and should be pointed out more often.