tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.comments2023-12-18T20:54:23.723+00:00philosomamaEllen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16849531733597762341noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-72363742414716769032023-12-18T20:54:23.723+00:002023-12-18T20:54:23.723+00:00I enjooyed reading thisI enjooyed reading thisMason Maynardhttps://masonmaynard.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-13181848100110430792023-12-07T04:49:44.709+00:002023-12-07T04:49:44.709+00:00Hi nnice reading your blogHi nnice reading your blogClaire Hillhttps://clairehill.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-61058168018578343132023-08-06T19:52:18.810+01:002023-08-06T19:52:18.810+01:00Great post tthanksGreat post tthanksDavidhttps://davidlatonason.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-62139600733453880002023-05-10T13:32:22.601+01:002023-05-10T13:32:22.601+01:00Great blog youu have hereGreat blog youu have hereBagels Recipeshttps://www.bagelcooks.com/bagels/bagel_sandwich_with_scrambled_eggs_and_arugula_5517225480.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-45302591007258596772023-02-03T02:08:55.500+00:002023-02-03T02:08:55.500+00:00Another human :) I occasionally come and get caugh...Another human :) I occasionally come and get caught up on what's new with you, Ellen. Miss hanging out with you at conferences!Monika Piotrowskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-10661011315090385192022-11-22T20:00:33.489+00:002022-11-22T20:00:33.489+00:00Human fellow here too. Human fellow here too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-2679257639453319252022-11-22T04:08:11.352+00:002022-11-22T04:08:11.352+00:00commenting on a blog like it is 2008. still human....commenting on a blog like it is 2008. still human... last i checked.nogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290690073819948310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-44510354031409861712022-07-29T13:51:57.640+01:002022-07-29T13:51:57.640+01:00Its so beautiful. Thanks for this natural post. I ...Its so beautiful. Thanks for this natural post. I appreciate you for this useful post. Visit <a href="https://www.greenhills-nursery.co.uk/about-greenhills-nursery-ltd/webshop/bamboo-grasses" rel="nofollow">bamboo plants and grasses nursery in UK</a> and choose the best plants for your own garden online.Greenhills Nursery Ltdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898972325166628869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-65898754915385017132022-07-24T00:46:07.068+01:002022-07-24T00:46:07.068+01:00Thiis was great to readThiis was great to readDeep Cleaning Springfieldhttps://www.deep-cleaning-service.com/us/moving-cleaning-missouri/deep-cleaning-springfield.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-35266424223278581722022-05-24T18:24:56.615+01:002022-05-24T18:24:56.615+01:00Love your new ink Ellen, and what it symbolises. I...Love your new ink Ellen, and what it symbolises. I’m sorry to hear you’ve had some difficult times recently x Jayne Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-23333803422850468322022-01-27T12:42:28.727+00:002022-01-27T12:42:28.727+00:00What an awesome read and review! Thank you for spr...What an awesome read and review! Thank you for spreading the message and sharing your experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-84209733360569852082022-01-02T14:44:41.328+00:002022-01-02T14:44:41.328+00:00This is greatThis is greatLaura Grenhttps://www.lauragrenier.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-82453154917352470632020-04-27T01:08:02.304+01:002020-04-27T01:08:02.304+01:00That has to be the worst analogy I've ever see...That has to be the worst analogy I've ever seen. Unlike northerners and southerners of his example, all humans are without sex at conception. Their identity as either a biological male or female diverge from the same point. Even if a gamete-based classification is used, the process of gamete production is highly systemic. If we're going to look at biological sex descriptively, numerous factors need to be present, from chromosomes, hormones, anatomy, to all the other sex-specific traits. Furthermore, many of those traits are common in both males and females.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-30448679973103662012019-12-20T02:42:35.879+00:002019-12-20T02:42:35.879+00:00Good review. One of these days we will figure out ...Good review. One of these days we will figure out that other activities besides war require strategy, cooperation, triage, etc.<br /><br />Possible typo:<br /><br />... an androcentric bias, which assumes that human morality evolved mainly in the context of ??make?? activitiesnogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290690073819948310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-91162483028295671652019-06-24T13:00:24.256+01:002019-06-24T13:00:24.256+01:00Sorry for the very long delay Morgan (my research ...Sorry for the very long delay Morgan (my research time is punctuated by university semesters at the moment!)<br />Thanks very much for the comment and the suggestions - i've just enjoyed your article 'Impossible "choices": The inherent harms of regulating women's testosterone in sport' (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11673-018-9876-3)<br />This might be an unreasonable question to expect an answer to, but do you have an opinion about what *should* be done about sex-segregation in sport? Ie, if you were on the IAAF, what would you have them do? Ellen Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849531733597762341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-53588031503295080442018-12-03T02:12:56.042+00:002018-12-03T02:12:56.042+00:00Thank you for your interesting analysis. I'd l...Thank you for your interesting analysis. I'd like to point out that, since ISNA closed in 2008 (and even before that) intersex advocacy has grown to become a worldwide movement. That movement has produced a range of human rights institutions and declarations that have important things to say about how we are treated, and how we are classified. Examples include the 2013 Malta Declaration - https://intersexday.org/en/malta-declaration/ - and (in my region) the 2017 Darlington Statement - https://darlington.org.au/statement/ <br /><br />Looking at these, it turns out that we have different perspectives on who we are, how we define ourselves, and how we should be classified. I think these come from being at the pointy end of the debate, but also an understanding of history and the medicalisation of sex and intersex traits. This tells us, for example, that the legal concept of sex predates the kinds of genetic and histologic analyses currently prevalent and has allowed for some recognition of diversity in biology (in the West) and identity (in some non-Western societies). I've written on this, and good sources on the medicalisation of intersex include the work of Elizabeth Reis (notably in her book Bodies in Doubt), and the work of Morgan Holmes.Morgan Carpenterhttp://morgancarpenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-78706172820277622072018-11-20T12:43:03.141+00:002018-11-20T12:43:03.141+00:00Interesting.
One minor comment I would add in to ...Interesting.<br /><br />One minor comment I would add in to the mix is that gamete dimorphism isn't the universal condition in biology, and is itself an evolved state-of-affairs. That is, there are species (not humans of course) in which sexual reproduction involves the fusion of equal-sized gametes; indeed this is the ancestral condition from which gamete dimoprhism gradually evolved, for reasons that are somewhat disputed.<br /><br />Samir Okasha<br /><br />Samir Okashanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-55327436524731818442018-11-19T21:27:26.063+00:002018-11-19T21:27:26.063+00:00Thanks for your comment, it is illuminating to me ...Thanks for your comment, it is illuminating to me to hear your disagreement about the status of intuitions in the face of suffering. I suppose there are two considerations about which i should have been more explicit. One is that, in the case of the sex, the intuition that sex is binary is the *only* piece of evidence on the table in support of the binary. If there was supporting empirical evidence, or indeed if there were no other sort of evidence available at all, then i might be inclined to give some weight to intuitions. Second, i take it that people have widely differing intuitions about sex. Some cultures recognise a third sex and arguably, english people assumed a one-sex model previous to the 18th century.<br />I'll assume more broadly that we have different feelings about intuitionns! Coming from a philosophy of science background, i'm alert to the fact that intuitions, even when very strong and entirely universal, can turn out to be utterly false. I'm alert to the fact that intuitions often function to enforce ideology that serves dominant interests. I'm alert to the fact that intuitions can and do change radically. In general i think of them as something to be overcome, to be mistrusted and challenged, not to cling to!<br /><br />Regarding your point about penis length - i mentioned the two-inch definition, because apparently one inch is a rule of thumb that doctor use when deciding whether an intersex infants penis is 'adequate' or whether, instead, they should surgically construct a vagina (this is mentioned in Warnke 2001).<br /><br />And while i'm well aware of the biological definition of sex in terms of relative gamete size, its worth pointing out that this definition is fairly empty - there are not thought to be any interesting generalisations that correspond to it. for example, the sex that makes the smaller gametes sometimes has the larger chromosome (in birds). and then there are tons of species that have more than two sexes, or that don't have sexes at all, or in which individuals are all hermaphrodites, or are all capable of switching sex. so the idea that male/female are deep or important categories in biology generally is illusory.Ellen Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849531733597762341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-31377482354335712162018-11-16T09:12:34.401+00:002018-11-16T09:12:34.401+00:00''But most of us would agree, I think, tha...''But most of us would agree, I think, that intuitions should be updated if their preservation causes human suffering.''<br /><br />I would like to see a source on that. I, for example, disagree vehemently with it. Avoiding human suffering is a worthwile goal, and I agree that we shouldn't expose people needlesly to it, so that it would be insensitive to try to convince a person with gender identity issues that they are in fact male or female. But that's different from saying that I would have to take their suffering into consideration in trying to reach a conclusion about their gender identity. Their suffering does not seem a relevant factor in the latter project.<br /><br />Also, your claim that we could find a number of categorisations which would neatly divide people into either male or female is a bit disingenuous. Yes, we could, but not all those are equally relevant to the question of whether one is male or female. For example, the length of the penis is not relevant for the question of whether someone is male - men with small or large penises are men. Nor is wearing dresses relevant for that matter.<br /><br />But producing sex cells of a certain type is relevant, and is in accordance with the use of those notions (''male'', ''female'') in biology, for the most part.<br /><br />So Byrne's categorisation does not seem arbitrary, while yours does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-37818887229909969482018-09-06T11:02:13.109+01:002018-09-06T11:02:13.109+01:00Thanks Bertie. I think i've just blown my hope...Thanks Bertie. I think i've just blown my hopes of being the next Dior 'influencer' though<br />Ellen Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849531733597762341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-51041488827000565892018-09-05T13:14:47.626+01:002018-09-05T13:14:47.626+01:00Ellen, you are my hero. This advert has been buggi...Ellen, you are my hero. This advert has been bugging me so much! Totally agree with you and am really disappointed that they couldn't choose a genuine image of JOY. Who knew I cared so much about perfume/Jennifer Lawrence....Berti Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427320636202584368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-26106327039425288372017-11-15T10:45:01.635+00:002017-11-15T10:45:01.635+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Robert Welainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10587031495938313347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-49220774573864893402017-02-19T00:36:35.769+00:002017-02-19T00:36:35.769+00:00old etonian - end of.
old etonian - end of.<br />mark gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360852797774641416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-75132063608530613272016-10-05T18:33:52.539+01:002016-10-05T18:33:52.539+01:00Yes, she is.Yes, she is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287281740460220666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814994353835004156.post-6905986802053914212016-03-03T13:58:58.494+00:002016-03-03T13:58:58.494+00:00In genetics and neuroscience the state of gene or ...In genetics and neuroscience the state of gene or neuron and transducting molecules in the immediate past moment are the causes of change in gene or neuron in the present moment 'now' in which the scientist perceives. The perception of past moment is in memory of scientist and not in the present moment to be a cause. An illusory time-ether connects past moment to present moment with both moments outside the mind simultaneously which is a logical absurdity. Time is not conceptualized with a simultaneity of past and present moments outside mind. What creates changes in every present moment are predispositions and latent tendencies of living beings from bacteria to humans. In humans alongside the changes in the universe thoughts of such changes are created in human mind (of scientist) 'now', by way of created incoming sense impressions and logical predispositions of the scientist. Further details can be read in 'Science of Person jiva vidya' written by N.Sivasubramanian. The book is published by Notionpress and is available on Amazon com.N.Sivasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012093056505242464noreply@blogger.com