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New study provides evidence that we need different drugs for men and women

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Re: New study provides evidence that we need different drugs for men and women

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Are doctors even allowed to ask patients about their gender? That's sensitive private info, right? Also, people are free to choose their own gender and even change their mind about it every other week, so the therapy would need to be adjusted accordingly. /s

Re: New study provides evidence that we need different drugs for men and women

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I was told that the clinical studies of birth control pills were done on male subjects.

I guess they had 100% success rate.

I'd assume it was mostly just to test their ability to harm/toxicity?

Re: New study provides evidence that we need different drugs for men and women

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Are doctors even allowed to ask patients about their gender? That's sensitive private info, right? Also, people are free to choose their own gender and even change their mind about it every other week, so the therapy would need to be adjusted accordingly. /s

I realize this is meant as a joke, but in all seriousness, this does go against some of the absurdist grain of what we're seeing today. No one should be bullied or made fun of for their beliefs, but the idea that biological sex is some type of subjective personal choice is ideological; even religious. Papers like this could seriously face censorship in the future, and it's something we need to address and take seriously.
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