Thomas St Thomas just wrote an article, "Sex is Not Assigned at Birth, and I Never Beat My Wife" on Medium that is about agenda driven word choices. He objects to "the sex you were assigned at birth". Not only is the sex of a child revealed at about 20 weeks by observation of genitalia with ultrasound, but it is also revealed at six week…
Thomas St Thomas just wrote an article, "Sex is Not Assigned at Birth, and I Never Beat My Wife" on Medium that is about agenda driven word choices. He objects to "the sex you were assigned at birth". Not only is the sex of a child revealed at about 20 weeks by observation of genitalia with ultrasound, but it is also revealed at six weeks with analysis of a blood draw. Revealed, not assigned. There is even a paid service for it (https://sneakpeektest.com). In an effort to legitimize the idea that gender is a decision of a person about themself, a subtle "assigned at birth" seeks to make biological sex a decision made by someone else at the time of birth. Weasel wording is often a powerful tool.
Thomas St Thomas just wrote an article, "Sex is Not Assigned at Birth, and I Never Beat My Wife" on Medium that is about agenda driven word choices. He objects to "the sex you were assigned at birth". Not only is the sex of a child revealed at about 20 weeks by observation of genitalia with ultrasound, but it is also revealed at six weeks with analysis of a blood draw. Revealed, not assigned. There is even a paid service for it (https://sneakpeektest.com). In an effort to legitimize the idea that gender is a decision of a person about themself, a subtle "assigned at birth" seeks to make biological sex a decision made by someone else at the time of birth. Weasel wording is often a powerful tool.
Yes, I dislike that phrasing, except for intersex people who have been historically "assigned" their sex at birth.