Recently, the left has pushed a destructive ideology that gender is a spectrum, meaning it’s not just male and female. Many on the left believe that there are more than two genders, and that you can pick your own gender.
This article will go over the conservative argument against this claim that gender is a spectrum.
In This Argument…
- How we know gender is not a spectrum
- Why gender and sex are directly related
- What is a woman, and what is a man
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Is Gender a Spectrum?
The first step in debunking the “gender is a spectrum” claim, is understanding that gender and sex are directly related. Many leftists claim that gender and sex are different, but this is false.
The truth is, there are only two genders. Male and female. To be clear on the argument, a man is as an adult human male, and the woman is an adult human female. Gender and sex are directly related, not different. Let’s examine the conservative argument for why.
Gender vs. Sex
Leftists often claim that a woman or a man is someone who identifies as a woman or a man, regardless of their biological sex. But this only works if gender and sex are different, which they are not.
Gender represents the biological categories that are not alterable by feeling or perception. What the leftist is really claiming is that one can have a feeling or a trait associated with womanhood or manhood, and this means that he/she is a certain gender. But here’s the catch: womanhood or manhood is directly associated with sex.
You can’t just say “I’m a bird” because being a bird is directly related to the biology of a bird, just like sex and gender are directly related. The point is that identity claims do not override biological categories; just as one can’t claim to be a different species, one can’t claim to be a different biological sex.
So in order to identify as the other gender, one must separate gender from sex and admit that simply identifying doesn’t make someone biologically male or female. And in doing so, they’re either acknowledging a psychological disconnect, such as gender dysphoria, or at the very least, embracing a subjective identity that contradicts physical reality. The point is: gender should be rooted in sex, or else it becomes meaningless.
What About Non-Binary?
This is someone who denies the reality that life has placed them in, either male or female. By rejecting reality, they are by definition having an inner conflict.
This matters because it replaces truth with confusion. If people can deny the most basic and observable fact (that humans are male or female), then truth becomes subjective.
Why Gender Is Not a Spectrum
Now that we understand why and how gender and sex are directly related, how many genders are there? We’ve learned that there is male and female, but why can’t there be male, female, and female 2.0?
It’s simple. Sex isn’t defined by personality or identity, it is solely based on reproductive function. Everything else, such as anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, supports that binary system.
Read More: There Are Only Two Genders – The Science Hasn’t Changed, Just the Politics
If you need some high-quality sources to support this definition, here they are:
- Male or Female: There’s Nothing In Between: “Male and female are not a mix of traits, but rather two distinct phenotypes that produce two different gamete types.”
- Oxford Reference – Definition of Female: “Denoting the gamete (sex cell) that, during sexual reproduction, fuses with a male gamete in the process of fertilization.”
In short, biological sex is defined by the reproductive function, whether the body is organized to produce sperm or eggs. That’s not an opinion; it’s the consensus across biology, medicine, and evolutionary science.
The Bottom Line
- There are only two genders, because sex and gender are directly related.
- A man is an adult human male. A woman is an adult human female.
- Sex is defined by reproductive function, which is how we know that there are only two sexes and genders.