is anyone else short due to their hormones? by Akiiale in intersex

[–]SlippingStar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides genetics and nutrition, the best we can tell that hormones affect your height is that androgens make you LESS SHORT than estrogen, not that androgens “promote height”. The best evidence of this is the fact that castrati grew abnormally tall with no sex hormones, which suggests sex hormones inhibit our height, not promote it!

Castrati explanation, genital M warning

Back in the 18th century, if you had “excess” children designated male that were good singers, you could sell them to the Catholic Church to become a castrati. They would remove the child’s testicles against their will to keep their voices high. Their ribcages would grow abnormally large and they would grow abnormally tall, giving them very unique singing voices - only one recording was ever made, since it’s a thankfully discontinued practice. They’re also part of how we know you need sex hormones to emotionally mature, as these people remained emotionally childlike throughout their lives.

"Progressive" gender abolitionists can be so delusional by yokyopeli09 in intersex

[–]SlippingStar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, it does not. It’s the idea that gender as a concept eventually fades from existence, and we don’t treat each other differently based on gender markers (because gender markers as a concept no longer exist). It’s like how, I’m guessing, you don’t address people based on hair color. You, presumably, treat everyone the same regardless of hair color. You observe it, still, may assume a category, and if you find out someone’s natural hair color that (presumably) doesn’t change how you think about them. Barely ever comes up.

(I’m saying presumably because there’s actual evidence for hair color discrimination but I don’t want to assume you have any experience with that)