#dsds

[tokiokaulitz483]

Tom Kaulitz in DSDS in 2013/2014

[friendsofmedusa]

Genuine question: what exactly do you think intersex is?

Hey nonny!

Mh, I'm not sure whether I like the way this question is being asked: I have no "opinion" on intersex conditions, it doesn't matter what I think. What matters is years of medical reasearch. Which is what my knowledge of intersex conditions is based on?

Still, I'll pretend your question was asked in good faith so I'll give you an introduction.

Disclaimer: I am no doctor, if anything I'm about to say is incorrect, please DO correct me. The last thing I'd want is to spread misinformation.

Intersex conditions are known in the medical field as DSDs: Disorders of Sexual Developments.

The name says it all, actually: these "are conditions with an atypical chromosomal, gonadal or phenotypic sex, which leads to differences in the development of the urogenital tract and different clinical phenotypes." (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6976999/#:~:text=Disorders%20of%20sexual%20development%20(DSD,tract%20and%20different%20clinical%20phenotypes.). This, in everyday language, means that the fetus might present ambiguous external and internal gonad configuration, and/or an atypical karyotype (ie, genes).

Debunking myths about intersex conditions: ambiguous genitalia are actually pretty rare!

Studies shows that instances of ambiguous genitalia happen in about 1 every 5,000 live births, putting them at a solid 0.02%. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7845444/)

Don't get me wrong, though.

They DO happen, and doctors absolutely DO perform unnecessary cosmetic surgeries on newborns with ambiguous genitalia. This is horrific, to say the least: unless there was a medical need for the surgery to take place (eg, tissue partly covering the urethral opening), there is NO reason for a newborn's genitalia to be altered. Intersex activists have been campaigning for years to raise awareness about the topic.

Moving on.

DSDs, contrary to popular belief, are 99% of the time sex-specific: this means that they can only occur in one of the two sexes, and only some of them can occur in both.

For example, Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) targets genetical male babies (who present a Y chromosome), while Turner Syndrome (X0) targets genetical female babies (who do not present a Y chromosome).

People believe that intersex conditions undermine the notion of a binary sex system, but they actually reinforce it: even if some people are born with just four fingers on their right hand, it doesn't negate the fact that the standard number of fingers for humans to have on their hands is five.

The medical impact DSDs have on a person varies greatly from person to person.

Men with Klinefelter Syndrome may have no issues related to it whatsoever, or may develop gynaecomastia, hypogonadism, and infertility issues.

This is why a considerable number of intersex people find out they are intersex well into their adult age: not having ambiguous genitalia, or any major medical issue, it just goes unnoticed.

Debunking myths about intersex conditions: that infamous paper and the 1.7% statistic.

Dr. Sterling's paper has been long debunked. 1.7% of the general population is not, in fact, intersex. Dr. Sterling ended up with that number by including conditions which are still debated on whether they fit the "intersex" label or not. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/). Some doctors put the estimate at 0.018% of the population.

I'll stop here before we go into a full medical breakdown of what intersex conditions are. I hope, whatever you reason for asking me this was, you got the answer you wanted.

[a-timely-problem]

what I really love about talent shows, is that you have people who are really talented and then you have people where you're constantly wondering if they've killed someone before

[6ad6ro]

"dark souls derangement syndrome" is when you think dark souls difficulty is the baseline for what difficulty actually is. if you don't think dark souls is hard, congrats. you have dsds. applies to soulslikes in general. when you think blasphemous is the same difficulty as castlevania sotn. when you claim tunic isn't any harder than a zelda game. then you have become out of touch with gaming history and the baseline difficulty that most games have.

think of "hard games" as "level of spiciness". many people like spice. some like INTENSE spice. some pride themselves on handling the spiciest food in the world. but do most claim that the spicy food isn't actually spicy? no. the few that do, you know they're just boasting. "for me, it isn't spicy" still isn't claiming that it objectively isn't spicy. but with souls? that's what the fanbase claims. "it doesn't need a mild version!" (no difficulty settings). "i don't want just anybody to be able to eat this!". (anti -accessibility). "maybe this restaurant just isn't FOR you" (elitism).

how can you not see that you have become deranged by this game? nobody watches "hot ones" and isn't 100% aware that they're watching people go through some difficult shit. you are in complete denial. lost in the poison swamp. and speaking of poison swamps, if you think miyazaki's obsession with em is "just a silly quirk" instead of the deep sadism that it is? then you absolutely have dark souls derangement syndrome. ftr it's completely fine that you like the bullshit hard game. i'm jealous that your life is so easy that artificial stress in your life is fun to you. but don't pretend this shit is normal. don't say "git gud" like the people who are askin for help are the weird ones. because it's you that's actin weird. because you have dsds.

[woman-for-women]

out of curiosity did you consult any intersex people or orgs when you made your intersex info graphic? obviously discount if you yourself are intersex, i just know that many intersex ppl have expressed concerns about being used as ideological pawns or not being listened to by either radfems or genderists

Yes. The infographic linked here (I know it’s long, I don’t fault you if you didn’t read it) has some citations and quotes from the Intersex Society of North America. You can read their FAQ page here.

I also have ISNA’s original response to this question (from their website from some years ago):

“Sorry, gender warriors… We believe there are two problems with trying to raise kids in a ‘third gender.’ First, how would we decide who would count in the ‘third gender’? How would we decide where to cut off the category of male and begin the category of intersex, or, on the other side of the spectrum, where to cut off the category of intersex to begin the category of female? Second, and much more importantly, we are trying to make the world a safe place for intersexed kids, and we don’t think labeling them with a gender category that in essence doesn’t exist would help them.”

I also included the “Phall-O-Meter”, also courtesy of the Intersex Society of North America:

Tumblr has a 30 image limit per post (which I hit because I had 29 images and a table of contents image), so I had to truncate a lot of material when I was designing this. I used my studies and sources masterdoc linked here to design a lot of material. If you look at my infographic citations, you will see I referenced lots of materials, like gynecology textbooks, surveys on the LGBT community, and countless papers on intersex conditions and people. So I did make an effort! This whole project took me over 30 hours.

I was just very tired of radical feminists/gender critical activists/trans rights activists/conservatives all not knowing what sex means and why it’s binary. Intersex conditions are included in the infographic because I’m also tired of people arguing they disprove the sex binary or mean sex isn’t real, and I’m sure intersex people would like everyone to care more about unnecessary medical interventions and intersexism.

I don’t know any current intersex users in my sphere, but you might find some old posts from @notyourintersexpawn that could be of interest.

[calliettes-posts]

I really hope this season of DSDS is the last one, because its a total joke

[sportu]

He agitates against Tokio Hotel – "Then you can beat them up"

It’s been ten years since Bill and Tom Kaulitz sat next to Dieter Bohlen on the DSDS jury. You don’t have anything good to say about each other anymore. During the sound check before his concert in Cologne on Sunday, musician Dieter Bohlen pulled over the band Tokio Hotel and agitated against them. Selected fans with a VIP ticket were able to meet in the hall and on planks earlier. The…

[daveytheartist]

dsds? you mean that program where dieter bohlen has the most rizz out of all judges?

he sure be dripping out the wazoo :))))

[insidebw]

Na wer stellt sein Gesangstalent unter Beweis? 🎤

[woman-for-women]

Sex is innate, immutable, and binary, gender is socially constructed, fluid, and has infinite categories. Gender is a belief system, but sex is not. If you don't believe sex is binary, you may have good intentions and think that what you believe is scientific or supporting trans people, but you are misinformed. Additionally, nothing about knowing why sex is binary prevents you from believing trans people are the gender they say they are, respecting chosen pronouns, etc.

If you believe sex is a social construct or defined by hormones/chromosomes/genitals, I'm assigning you homework. Yes, it's long. Everything above the cut explains what sex is, and everything below the cut talks about common misconceptions.

INTERSEX IS NOT LGBT. IT’S A MEDICAL CONDITION. DON’T INCLUDE US IN YOUR COMMUNITY UNLESS WE ARE LGBT.

I AM LGBT AND INTERSEX. I AM NOT LGBT”QI…” THERE IS NO I. I AM SIMPLY LGBT. DON’T INCLUDE MY MEDICAL CONDITION INTO YOUR IDENTITY. YOU CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED WITH GAY. YOU CAN BE DIAGNOSED WITH INTERSEXISM. THERE’S A DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMUNITY. STOP BEING SO INCLUSIVE. YOU’RE GONNA END UP INCLUDING FURRIES IF YOU INCLUDE US.

[swiftracer13]

My favorites from other artists

Here are some songs that I really love, even though they are not from Taylor.

Should a song doesn't play for you, please let me know.

@taylorswift

[calliettes-posts]

Definitely my favourite performance from yesterday

[woman-for-women]

I hit the image limit on the previous reblog, so if you're curious:

I understand the people commenting are well-meaning (and some identify as intersex themselves)... but so much of of this is blatantly untrue. You cannot be biologically non-binary. You cannot be "hormonally" intersex due to PCOS. You cannot be between male and female. If you have "a working dick and pussy" (as OP put it), you would be a hermaphrodite (which is not the same as intersex/DSDs). Your genitals, hormones (natural or prescribed), surgeries, identities, etc. do not have any bearing on your sex and cannot change your sex.

None of this is helpful to transgender or intersex people. It's well-meaning pseudo-science at best and lies at worst.

This pride I will once again kindly ask you guys to at least skip-read the intersex wikipedia page and learn what that word. You know. Means.

[b-rainlet]

Me, holding up Lorent like I am Patrick and he is SpongeBob: LOOK!!! AT!!! HIM!!!

[daveytheartist]

the dsds judges can become a very good sport club but i think they could fare amazing in pokemon battles

[xstream-media]

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