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Middle age rule (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago

for biological men,... For biological women

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

[-] konki@lemmy.one 37 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.