I was originally going to ask how many legal genders there should be, but I fail to see a compelling argument against 0.

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Cisgender women have a naturally higher percentage of body fat than cisgender men, so lipophilic drugs have a larger volume of distribution in women. They sink into the fat tissue, stay in the body longer, and can take much more time to clear out. Overlooking sex-based variations in volume of distribution can be dangerous in an emergency situation, it absolutely can result in adverse drug reactions.

That kind of information can be a factor in an emergency medicine situation, it's not worth pretending that it's not the case.

Medicine is one of the areas where biological sex is actually relevant.

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