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So cute ... They think they’re people

Fri Mar 9, 2012

Jessica Winter in the TIMES Ideas opinion section:

You see, like most women, I was born with the chromosome abnormality known as “XX,” a deviation of the normative “XY” pattern. Symptoms of XX, which affects slightly more than half of the American population, include breasts, ovaries, a uterus, a menstrual cycle, and the potential to bear and nurse children. Now, many would argue even today that the lack of a Y chromosome should not affect my ability to make informed choices about what health care options and lunchtime cat videos are right for me. But others have posited, with increasing volume and intensity, that XX is a disability, even a roadblock on the evolutionary highway.

Brilliant. Infuriating. Inspiring.

UPDATE: Yes, my title is intended to be taken sarcastically like the article to which it links. I apologize if that wasn’t clear.

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