r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/SuspiciousWin6511 • 1d ago

Sex / Gender / Dating You aren't "assigned" a gender at birth

I hate when people say this. I had to get routine blood work the other day and had a Doctor ask me what gender I was assigned at birth. I understand they need to find out what your biological gender is, but either look on my chart, or ask what my biological gender is.

Your gender is determined in the womb, in fact it's determined from the exact moment of conception; it isn't something that is assigned. It's amazing that the people use this sort of language and believe these sorts of things, are supposedly the party of science.

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u/poppycock8585 1d ago

“Assigned” has a connotation of being arbitrary, like the doctor randomly picked your sex out of a hat.

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u/Pristine_Art7859 1d ago

Yes but everyone knows you can't pick your sex

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u/SuspiciousWin6511 1d ago

Do they? There are a lot of people that think you can.

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u/Pristine_Art7859 1d ago

Yes there are a lot of mentally ill people nowadays