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On the subject of sexual orientation, I agree. That phenomenon—like transgender and related phenomena—is far too complex to be understood on the basis of any one aspect of biology or physiology. Science is examining everything from placement of the SRY gene that begins the masculinization process, to the efficacy of hormones and of their receptors, to the possibility that androgens are perceived by some mothers’ bodies to be invaders. It seems beyond specious to think that we can expect to understand someone else’s sex/gender; we’re lucky if we understand our own.

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Right there with you. It's so important to remember that we are irreducibly complex – not in a creationist way, but in an emergent way. Sure, science can show us a lot about how our bodies work, but sex and gender are on another level entirely. Human behavior, including sex, is psychological and social, which are not fields that biology or chemistry have answers to.

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So many people seem unwilling to acknowledge that there is nothing binary about human sexuality—not even in the male-female category. Simplicity can be dangerously seductive.

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I am loving Cowboy Carter. This is a genre all its own, and it is stunning!

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Right?? It's been on replay for me since it came out! I love how the layers continue to unfold on each listen

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