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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (26 children)

for biological men,... For biological women

For future reference, the word you're looking for is "cis"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (22 children)

But isn't their point that the life expectancy of "biological men" also apply to trans women, and vice verca? That wouldn't be conveyed if they used the prefix cis.

This would of course only be relevant if life expectancy is a purely biological phenomenon, which I am not so sure it is.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

A fair bit of the difference in lifespan isn't genetic, it's social. Statistically, men and women don't do the same jobs, and some of those are much more dangerous than others. Men are also more likely to get into accidents and violence, leading to younger deaths.

None of that cares about your genetics and your reproductive organs and hormones are only peripherally involved in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's what I thought as well. Men being socialized to do more stupid stuff that might get you killed is probably the main factor here.

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