May 6, 2019
Are biological sex and gender the same thing? Do anatomy and
genetics completely determine sex and/or gender?
In this talk from June 2018, Dr.
Lisa Sardinia, Associate Professor of Biology at Pacific
University, talks about some of the so-called "bathroom bills"
proposed in the US to restrict access to public restrooms based on
terms like "biological sex" or "genetic sex." Turns out that
science isn't so binary, and legislators need to learn a little
science (okay...a LOT of science...).
Resources mentioned at the end of the talk:
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Thanks to Graham Tully and Stephen Perry for sound production.
As always, a final thanks to Jonathan Coulton for the use of his song Mandelbrot Set as our theme music.