This need to make completely totally utterly sure what one’s gender is reminded me of recent discussions on this blog:

Just in case somebody suspects that these eggs have been laid by a one of those male hens, the seller insists they come from a female hen.
Well maybe there are eggs from chickens of the female sex but who self-identify as male!
Although hembra has a physiological connection, doesn’t it? My silly joke would only work in the picture if it said “gallinas femeninas,” right?
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Well, feminine hens would open a completely new can of worms here. 🙂 🙂
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I suppose chickens don’t get gender confused…
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I don’t know, have you ever observed them use a bathroom? There is a lot of confusion going on there. 🙂
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Actually, they do; gender determination in chickens is even more complicated than it is in Humans:
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gender-confused-birds
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As usual, I was right from the start.
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This is an intersex chicken.
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I bet it’s very confused.
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It might actually be extremely happy.
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I was right on more counts than one. I knew you’d really dig this thread.
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Why there’s no trans hen? 😉
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What makes you think there isn’t? There are gay and lesbian hens.
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There’s gay and lesbian hens, but trans hens, I don’t know how it would be possible nor how you could verify that.
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There’s intersex hens, though.
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I self-identify myself as a female hen. Other female hens MUST accept that I go inside their chickenry!
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I knew you’d like this thread. 🙂 🙂
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Corrected:
I self-identify myself as a female hen. Other female hens MUST accept that I go inside their chickenry…or else I would scream “TWANZSPECIESPHOBIA”!
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I knew, I knew, I knew that twanz-something would make an appearance.
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Actually a current meme in Columbia is that meat from estrogen hormone fed chickens (female :)) is turning boys gay! Check out the video below where Columbian model, Natalia Paris, is explaining this Latin American crisis. Comments?
http://youtu.be/XVWx-RRnYrw
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They already know if the ( not to be born) chicks (not the hen) are female!
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“Hen” is a gender-neutral pronoun in Swedish, just so you know. 🙂
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You see? The issue is not nearly as simple as everybody thought. 🙂 🙂
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Should men be admitted to girl schools and conversely?
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I’m completely totally utterly and hugely opposed to gender-segregated schools, colleges, or universities. I’ve seen the products of their “upbringing and education” and it’s just horrible.
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So the answer is: absolutely and as soon as possible.
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I’ve heard fully fledged (not fledgling) journalists use the term, “male penis”, before.
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That’s got my mind boggling!
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