Jo Swinson, the leader of the Lib Dems did an interview recently where she said that sex wasn't binary, i.e. that there are more than two sexes (male and female) This is a scientific claim and unfortunately for her it's nonsense. Whilst we can all see that she was attempting to nurture popularity with LGBT voters, it would probably be better for all of us if politicians stuck to established science rather than going "off-piste" just so they can sound "woke". I realise that politicians seldom factor in small details like scientific accuracy into their claims, but, I had hoped that there might be one or two who at least had some small degree of conscience around avoiding or correcting incorrect important claims like this.
For clarity here's the actual scientific definition of "sex" and the reason why there can only be two (see image below)
Logic, reason and experience would seem to suggest that people need to be free to express their sexuality however they wish (under the law) but for the record they can't actually choose their own sex.
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