Lurid Confusion Over 'X' and 'Y'

摘要

Some claim that sexual orientation is a preference, not genetic, and therefore can be changed. However, nothing dearly is more genetic than our biological sex. It is determined by our two "sex" chromosomes, one from each parent. Two X chromosomes determine a biological female, while one X and one Y chromosome determine a biological male. The Y chromosome only can come from the child's father. In the 21st century, however, "gender" has moved beyond biology, morphing into a new construct that is part sociocultural, part ideological, and part political-that gender is based on one's self-perception of being male or female, and is changeable. Hence, we have controversial legislation allowing self-selection of public bathrooms by transgender individuals-or anyone who claims to be transgender.