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The common thinking on biological sex goes like this: females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y. In this myth-busting talk, science writer and podcaster Molly Webster shows why the so-called "sex chromosomes" are more complicated than this simple definition — and reveals why we should think about them differently.
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When’s TED finally gonna rose to the challenge and talk
we want TED’s talk
So which one is it, gonna or rose?
@Adrian, and what chromosome does he or she have?
Hereditarily
It was awesome….I am a student of Zoology myself yet I didn’t knew about all of these facts…. Knowledge is Awesome
Yes! It was, like i dont understand why people in the comments are hating her so much. This video literally just told us that, having XX wont make you a female and XY wont make you a male, Its something way more deeper than that. Simple video. But people are just going nuts.
@Sheldon Copper they always say it goes deeper but never explain how, never explain why we need to change our social ways to cater to this “new idea”, it’s always just a big game of “I’m right see this jew scientist agrees”
Yes, good to see people here who aren’t freaking out… Everything that slightly challenge the common sense of what “things are and should be” will be highly criticized… Great talk
@XORRE They did explain how… only 4% of the 23rd chromosome actually relates to sexual coding, and with so much genetic variety in the world, you can’t classify people according to that chromosome. This is information we’ve learned over the last 60 years.
@J Henshaw _”you can’t classify people according to that chromosome”_
Classify in what context? Medicine?
Let the record show i guessed 5% and was only off by 20%.
i guessed 1%
you mean “off by 1%” ?
@Joannot 4 is 20% less than 5.
Sort of informative but Prof Judith Mank in her Royal Institution lecture does a better job.
Why is my drama teacher here
ICD-11 HA60 says more about this, than she
Who
People in the comments questioning her credibility as a ‘science writer’ also suggesting other resources for info and totally ignoring the title of this ted talk as ‘weird history’ and maybe not reading the description are not getting the point of the ted talk.
Could you explain the point because I don’t get it
@Healthy Hero This ted talk is all about how scientists throughout history has associated the x and y chromosomes with physicality and sexuality and how they kept discovering new things about it to the point that now we cannot assume xx and xy with an individuals sexuality or physicality.
Science is subject to human beings.
I love her
Finally someone who is logical
They are called Gonosom.
Thank you for making it engaging and simple, Molly.
Great talk, very informative
r/suspiciousquotes
Kind of get the story but 11 min were not necessary, but I in science do not give names that might lead to a biased opinion to the study object, because…
How is the story at 10:00 *not* a testament to the biological effects of testosterone. You can explain it precisely because of the testosterone insensitivity condition. They still check genetic factors like these on current sports because it does lead to differences by a large margin in records for example.