Listen Again: The Biology Of Sex

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Original broadcast date: May 8, 2020. Many of us were taught biological sex is a question of female or male, XX or XY... but it's far more complicated. This hour, TED speakers explore what determines our sex. Guests on the show include artist Emily Quinn, journalist Molly Webster, neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi, and structural biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Manusch, and something quietly changed for U.S. citizens this month.
0:05.9	If you're applying for a passport, you can now choose the gender X instead of male or female.
0:12.3	The X stands for unspecified or other gender identity. And it's just the latest sign of how society's approach to gender and sex has rapidly changed.
0:23.5	Our understanding of the science of male and female has rapidly changed, too.
0:30.0	As we explain in this week's episode, The Biology of Sex.
0:35.4	This show originally aired in May 2020, but it is so densely packed with
0:40.8	information. It is definitely worth listening twice. I know I had to. So enjoy it again or for the
0:47.5	first time. And thank you so much for being here. This is the TED Radio Hour.
0:57.6	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
0:58.8	Our job now is to dream big.
1:00.3	Delivered at TED conferences.
1:03.7	To bring about the future we want to see around the world.
1:05.4	To understand who we are.
1:10.7	From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.
1:12.5	You just don't know what you're going to find.
1:13.5	Challenge you.
1:15.9	We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
1:17.0	And even change you.
1:19.1	I literally feel like I'm a different person.
1:19.7	Yes.
1:21.5	Do you feel that way?
1:23.3	Ideas worth spreading.
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