There was a wild flurry of commentary suggesting that, by the Trump administration’s own definition, this could very well be the case. On Monday, you see, Trump kicked off his second term by signing a barrage of executive orders, including one stating that sex starts at the moment of conception – at which point, Trumpian science decrees, you are female or male and that’s it.
“‘Female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell”, reads the order. “‘Male’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell”.
Despite Trump’s decree that sex is “immutable”, the wording of his executive order left some room for interpretation. Indeed, some critics noted that because the undifferentiated genitalia that males and females share very early in fetal development are “phenotypically female”, you could argue he just made everyone legally female.
“[Trump] just declared everyone a woman from conception, based on the language of the executive order”, Delaware representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to the US House of Representatives, told the Independent, for example.
Meaning, all Americans are now AFBT (assigned female by Trump)!
Anyway, I have no intention to delve into this debate but you can see why there are people coming to the conclusion that the executive order was assigning everyone as female. The confusing and vague executive order underscores just how complex sex really is.
The South Koreans won 21-12, 17-21, 21-18, denying Pearly-Thinaah the crown.
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