Teen Vogue Video Says: “This Idea That the Body Is Either Male or Female is Totally Wrong”
Boy and Girl (Pixabay)
In an apparent attempt to soften teens views of gender, the magazine Teen Vogue put out a video:
Teen Vogue Video Says: “This Idea That the Body Is Either Male of {should say ‘or} Female is Totally Wrong”
Teen Vogue, a magazine marketed directly to young people, posted a video on YouTube where various speakers dismiss the science that differentiates the male and female sexes. …
Teen Vogue recently posted a video on YouTube entitled 5 Common Misconceptions About Sex and Gender and it is … quite surreal. …
To be honest, this was difficult to watch. 04/04/19 https://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/a-teen-vogue-video-says-this-idea-that-the-body-is-either-male-of-female-is-totally-wrong/
The above article provides various quotes from the video that I will address. Here is the first:
“This idea that the body is either male or female is totally wrong!”
Well, according to the Bible it it true. God made humans male and female:
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27)
Jesus also taught that:
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ (Mark 10:6)
Nowhere in the Bible is any human considered to be any sex/gender other than male or female. And those who act otherwise are warned against (Deuteronomy 22:5; 1 Corinthians 6:10-12; Romans 1:18-32).
Then, the video adds a thick layer of confusing, non-scientific “facts” to explain sex.
“We all have characteristics that are typically male and typically female, and it is really about political choices, social factors, ideological choices, that we assign meaning to different parts of our body. So, the meaning may be that they meant, most of us are taught that if you have a vagina, you’re a girl; or if you have a penis, you’re a boy.”
No, it is not a matter of political or other choices. One is the gender of their chromosomes and actual genitalia at birth.
Then the video attacks the fact that chromosomes determine the sex of a human being.
“Saying that a person with XY chromosomes is only male is a narrow way to look at the diverse range of chromosome differences that we can have as a person.”
“Too many people still believe that there’s such a thing as a true sex and that it comes from your chromosomes. It’s not the case. Science has known this for decades, and it’s actually a consensus in science and uncontroversial.”
Actually, yes, the fact that males have XY chromosomes and females XX is a real difference, and it coincides with genitalia as well.
Furthermore, there are thousands of genetic differences between males and females:
Weizmann Institute building (Yehudit Garinkol)May 7, 2017
A biological male can take hormones, surgically alter his body and identify as “female,” but the procedures still won’t make him a woman, according to new evidence found by Israeli researchers.
That’s because there are at least 6,500 genes that contain sex-specific instructions for males and females.
For the study by Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science, professor Shmuel Pietrokovski and Dr. Moran Gershoni, both researchers from the institute’s Molecular Genetics Department, “looked closely at around 20,000 protein-coding genes, sorting them by sex and searching for differences in expression in each tissue. They eventually identified around 6,500 genes with activity that was biased toward one sex or the other in at least one tissue, adding to the already major biological differences between men and women.” …
The new findings are further evidence that biological males cannot simply “transition” into females and vice versa, argues Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel.
“This recent study from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science further proves that you cannot fool Mother Nature,” Staver said. “The saying, ‘I think, therefore, I am’ is best left to philosophy and not science. Gender confusion is mental, not physical or biological. God made male and female, and no amount of protestation will change the natural created order.”
Staver called the idea that a person can choose his or her gender “fiction.”
“These Israeli scientists identified over 6,500 genes with activity that was biased toward one sex or the other in at least one tissue,” he said. “That clearly validates the genetic differences between men and women.” http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/study-more-proof-a-man-can-never-become-a-woman/
Of course, many ‘moderns’ want to act like there is no difference, but the Bible is clear that men and women are different. God warned that there would be those “who suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18). But the truth is still the truth.
Back to Teen Vogue’s video:
Then the video explains that a trans woman (a man who decided to become a woman) is actually a biological woman. The video insists that all of the body parts of a trans woman are actually female body parts. One trans woman in the video says:
“My biology is the biology of a woman, regardless of whether or not doctors agree.”
In short, the video wants you to ignore what your eyes can clearly and to embrace a complex and confusing agenda that denies sex and gender.
It should be pointed out that there are other ways that males and females are internally different.
A study involving New York University provides additional proof of the obvious:
Proof that girls and boys are born to be different: Controversial study finds that brain differences between the sexes begin in the womb
In a scientific first, researchers claim to have found that differences between men’s and women’s brains start in the womb.
The conclusion is likely to be controversial, with some experts claiming social influences are more important.
But scientists who did brain scans of 118 foetuses in the second half of pregnancy to analyse the links between gender and the connectivity of a developing brain believe the differences are biological.
Professor Moriah Thomason, from New York University Langone, said one of the main differences was in connectivity across distant areas of the brain. …
According to the US study, published in the journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, female brains growing in the uterus produced ‘long-range’ networks.
Professor Thomason said this was less true of boys, who were ‘more susceptible to environmental influences’. 03/25/19 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6845991/Controversial-study-finds-brain-differences-sexes-begin-womb.html
While I do not think that this is necessarily “a scientific first” (as others noted brain development differences between male and female brains in utero), it is at least additional proof that boys and girls are biologically different in a way that is not clearly visually seen.
Since this study involved the unborn, it helps negate the false narrative that ‘gender’ is not biological, but the result of political/societal/ideological/environmental factors. The “brain truth” is that males and females are different.
The Bible teaches that dressing as the opposite sex is an abomination:
5 A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 22:5)
So, you are not to try to appear to be a sex different than what you are.
Consider also that the Apostle Paul wrote:
14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? (1 Corinthians 11:14)
Furthermore, nature itself makes many of the differences between males and females clear.
The Apostle Paul warned of such who:
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25)
The Apostle Peter wrote:
7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel (1 Peter 3:7).
This is one reason that there have been separate male and female sports–for in certain sports, characteristics of males give them major advantages over females. But ignoring those differences has been devastating to females sports such as women’s track competition. In a recent female running competition in Connecticut, the top two spots were won by people born male (see Transgender: The destruction of female sports?).
There are more than brain, hormones, DNA, and genitalia differences between the sexes. Overall, males have higher bone density, larger muscles, more facial hair, and thicker blood than females. Overall, females have less facial hair, larger breasts, wider hips, more body fat, and more watery blood. Plus males and females clearly have different reproductive roles than each other.
Pretending otherwise does not change the facts.
But many others have their own, antibiblical ideas. Yet:
33 God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33)
The transgender agenda encourages and exploits confusion. It is NOT good for those who consider themselves transgendered.
Additionally, let me point out that long-term studies for those ‘surgically-transgendered’ tended to show such poor outcomes that places like Johns Hopkins stopped performing such surgeries (at least for a time).
The Bible warns:
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness (Isaiah 5:20).
But governments are pushing falsehoods on this matter. In Canada, a man was fined $55,000 for handing out flyers that said a particular guy who considered himself female was a biological male (see Canada fines man $55,000 after teaching someone is a ‘biological male’, U. of Louisville being sued for firing professor who did not accept the transgender agenda).
Jesus taught His people:
32 … shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)
Accept the truth of the Bible and science.
Jesus also taught:
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. (Revelation 22:14-15)
Do not believe the lie that “This idea that the body is either male or female is totally wrong!”
The truth is that God made us male and female.
Common sense and biology show that males and females are different.
UPDATE 04/07/19: We just made a related video:
How many genders did God create?
LGBTQI,,, Did God make humans male and female? Teen Vogue magazine produced a video about what it called ‘gender misconceptions.” People in it claim, “This idea that the body is either male or female is totally wrong.” But what about chromosomes, brain matters, genes, muscle, genitalia, and other differences? Do the 6500 genetic differences go away with surgery or hormonal therapy? What have researchers at New York University Langone and the Weizmann Institute of Science found? Do we learn anything from what is going on in ‘female sports’? Does the Bible encourage cross dressing? Is biological gender identity true? Is claiming otherwise a lie? Should you accept biological scientific facts and the word of God or what the transgender crowd is pushing? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and reminds people that Jesus said, “The truth shall set you free” (John 8:32).
Here is a link to the sermonette video: How many genders did God create?
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
USA pushing gender confusion On May 13, 2016, the Obama Administration sent notices to school districts around the USA on how it wants them to deal with toilets, lockers, sports, and other issues of interest to the LGBT crowd. The Obama Administration has redefined the word ‘sex’ as written in the 1964 Civil Rights Act as expanded in 1972. Does the Bible teach transgenderism? Are accommodations for those considering themselves transgendered helpful or evil? What does the Bible teach about cross-dressing and other transgender issues? Does the Bible warn of terrible consequences for those who merely approve the LBGT agenda? This is a video.
Cross-dressing and other assaults against your children. What should you do? Is there an agenda to turn your children and/or grandchildren away from biblical morality and towards practices promoted by homosexuals? What does the Bible teach about cross-dressing? What should parents do? If there is an agenda, what has been going on? There are also two YouTube videos related to this, titled Transgender ‘Woe to those who call evil good’ and Cross dressing and Other Assaults Against Your Children.
Five Rules for Effective Parenting Do you know that there are five simple rules that can make you a more effective parent? Here is a link to a version in Mandarin Chinese N”ga{€SUg eHv„[PYsQ{€²‰ÄR. There is also a 12 1/2 minute English language YouTube video on this, also titled Five Rules for Effective Parenting.
What Psychologists do not Know About Child Rearing This is an article by Herbert Armstrong that was used as the introduction to the pdf booklet The Plain Truth About Child Rearing.
The Plain Truth About Child Rearing This is a pdf booklet that the old WCG put out.
Pornography: A scourge on society Is pornography harmless fun? Does the Bible teach anything about it? What are the views of some involved with it? A related sermons is titled: Pornography, False Comfort, and False Religion. Here a shorter YouTube video Pornography: Harmless Fun or a Scourge on Society?
The Bible Condemns Homosexuality “Same-sex marriage” for “gays” and lesbians is becoming more acceptable to many. What does the Bible teach about homosexuality? Can homosexuals change? A related video sermon is titled: What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
Making Your Marriage Work Marriage is not always easy, but it pictures a divine relationship. How can you make your marriage work? Here is a link to the video sermon: You Can Make YOUR Marriage Work.
Love, Marriage, and Sex It is important to get them in the right order.
Dating: A Key to Success in Marriage, a practical dating guide for Christians This is a scripture-filled dating guide. It discusses many aspects of dating, as well as who to not consider for marriage. Two related sermons are available: The Art of Christian Dating. and No One to Date? Teen Q&A? Engagement? 2nd Marriage? A short animation is also available: First Date: Worldly vs. Christian.
Husbands Love Your Wives An article written by the late Selmer Hegvold.
Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word What is the ‘short work’ of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled: The Short Work.
The Final Phase of the Work What is the final phase of the work? Who will lead it? Do you have the courage to support it? Here is a related YouTube video titled The Final Phase of the Work. The written article has been translated into Spanish La Fase Final de la Obra.
When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2019, 2020, or 2021? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? Here is a version of the article in the Spanish language: ¿Puede comenzar la Gran Tribulación en 2018 o 2019? ¿Es el Tiempo de los Gentiles? You can also see the English language sermon videos: The Great Tribulation from the Mount of Olives and Can the Great Tribulation begin before 2020? A shorter and newer video is: Might the Great Tribulation start in 2019?
The Times of the Gentiles Has there been more than one time of the Gentiles? Are we in it now or in the time of Anglo-America? What will the final time of the Gentiles be like? A related sermon is available and is titled: The Times of the Gentiles.
Armageddon Who is involved and when will this gathering happen? Here is also a video from Dr. Thiel, from Tel Megiddo in Israel: Armageddon. Other videos include: Armageddon Will it come on Trump’s watch?, Iraq, Armageddon, & Prophecy, Freemasonry, Armageddon, and Rome, Is China paving roads to Armageddon?, and Jordan, Petra, and Armageddon.
Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, English, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo-Saxon (non-Dutch) Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? What will happen to Jerusalem and the Jews in Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo-Saxon nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first? Here is a link to the Spanish version of this article: Anglo-América & las Tribus Perdidas de Israel. Information is also in the YouTube sermons titled Where are the Ten Lost Tribes? Why does it matter? and British are the Covenant People. A short YouTube of prophetic interest may be Barack Obama and the State of the Apocalypse.
Will the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves? Will the lands of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand be divided? What about Jerusalem? What does Bible prophecy teach? Are there non-biblical prophecies that support this idea? Who will divide those lands? Who will end up with the lands and the people? Here is a link to a video titled Will the USA and other Anglo-nations be Divided and Their People Made Slaves? Here is a related item in the Spanish language ¿Serán divididas las naciones anglosajonas?
Who is the King of the West? Why is there no Final End-Time King of the West in Bible Prophecy? Is the United States the King of the West? Here is a version in the Spanish language: ¿Quién es el Rey del Occidente? ¿Por qué no hay un Rey del Occidente en la profecía del tiempo del fin? A related sermon is also available: The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West.
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