Identity, Competition & Ink Pens

With the stroke of a pen Biden engraves within U.S. law policy the principle that biologically XY chromosome endowed human beings (boys, men, males) be allowed to participate in competitive activity against biologically XX chromosome endowed human beings (girls, women, females), despite scientific studies supporting the truth (reality) that no amount of Sexual Reassignment Surgery or Hormone Replacement Therapy will ever decrease the physical abilities of a male to that of a female.

The Y chromosome is so different from the X chromosome that males and females are extensively, genetically diverse. Humans are 99.9 percent genetically identical only when comparing people of the same sex. Gene sequencing has determined that more than 95 percent of the Y chromosome is unique to males. Genetically speaking, according to science, a male is not a female and a female is not a male, nor will either ever be or become the other. Their genetic makeup will not change.

The National Human Genome Research Institute points out that the X chromosome is three times the size of the Y chromosome and it contains about 900 genes compared to the approximate 55 genes of the Y chromosome. Anyone’s decision to want to “be” or identify as the gender they are biologically not, will not change any of these gene characteristics.

In Scientific Reports, by Université de Montréal, they publish their findings that reveal to us that not only is 95% of the Y chromosome unique to males, but the chromosome also allows male cells to function differently than female cells. They are telling us the obvious, that which we’ve always known because we’ve always observed it. Men and women react differently to a variety of diseases. Men and women catapult vertically into space to different heights when exercising their jump muscles. Men and women accelerate to different speeds when exercising their run muscles. Men and women propel barbells of different weights, vertically into space, when exercising their lift muscles. Men and women tighten nuts and bolts to different torques when turning wrenches. One or the other’s decision to identify as the other will never change these real differences.

In a simplified biological classification system, a parrot is included in the Animals class of kingdoms, right along beside humans. Neither are included in the Plants or Fungi kingdoms. Parrots also belong in the Chordates class of Phylums; however, their similarity stops there. In the remaining five biological classifications, each gradually more specific, parrots and humans part ways. In the most specific classification, species, they are worlds apart.

So what if a parrot, of either sex, male or female, decides it wants to identify as a female human? Parrots aren’t dummies, after all. Before you scoff to loudly over such a proposition, remember, parrots do speak. What is to keep one from proclaiming, “Polly is a human. Polly is a human.”? Think of the advantages if a parrot could compete against humans in Olympic events. They would set new World Records that we would never come close to equaling.

Take for instance, the pole vault. World elite female pole vaulters are fortunate to clear the 16 foot height. World elite male pole vaulters, meanwhile, are fortunate to clear the 20 foot height. If a parrot were able to claim it identified as a human, how well do you think it could perform in the pole vault? Perhaps it would clear heights equal to that of some of the skyscrapers dotting our larger cities.

We may laugh at such a notion as a parrot claiming human identity and being allowed to participate in human ventures, but not many decades ago we all would have laughed at a female or male human identifying as the opposite gender. Don’t be caught by surprise if in the future you do hear of humans wanting to identify as some other mammal of the animal kingdom. If we remain on this earth long enough, such a possibility is nearly guaranteed. What will it be when humans decide to identify as apes and, in reaction, apes decide to identify as humans and express strong desire to compete in Olympic wrestling. We’d be obliged to grant them their wish, right? Otherwise, we’d be animalists; the equivalent of racists or homophobes and that would not stand.

If our parrot were really intelligent, it would decide it wants to identify as a Democrat. Then it would be guaranteed the non-censored publishing of all its Twitter tweets and Facebook posts, and it would be “parrohumanly” gifted the uncensored playback of all of its YouTube videos. Heck, it would stand a great chance of benefiting from duplicate and triplicate casting of its ballot votes. That’d be one smart bird.

Smart Bird

February 6, 2021 – by Derrick Urquhart