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The Confusing Sex Wars of Twenty Twenty Three

It’s 2023 and the war between the sexes has reached a fevered pitch
Maybe it’s what they call 3-D chess
But whatever, the boundaries have shifted
Blurred and literally merged
Or at least now we pretend they have
As the enemy storms the gates
And being given the key to the city
Finds she/he/they/it safely ensconced within.

Someone recently told me I don’t understand
The difference between sex and gender
Yet it seems to me the difference is obvious
One based in fact 
The other in make-believe
But I understand what they mean
We live in a new world
Of make believes on many fronts.

So which is it sex or gender
When some male (sex) declares they are a woman (gender)
To compete and dominate the real female athletes
What about when one or the other takes sex hormones
Are they really trying to change their gender or sex
What about with surgery, adding or subtracting parts
Have they done anything to their gender or sex?
Real men and women want to know.

The answer is the same every time
Sex is real, assigned in utero and fixed
While gender a mere label, increasingly made up, self-identified and fluid.
When forensic scientists search for evidence what do they find
When a society has to draft all able-bodied males
Will all those tranny girls be dismissed and tranny boys included
And when the fit hits the proverbial shan which will be left standing? 
Real people need to know.

(10/25/23)

Copyright © James Moore

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