Karyotypes

[foxgrrl]

People frequently ask me whether I have XX or XY [sex] chromosomes. I honestly don't know. I've never been tested. What chromosomes do you have? I mean they test everyone don't they? It sure seems like they tested everyone but me…

Comments

[bluegodjanus.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise there were multiple options. Being boy-typed, I always assumed I was XY.

[kengr]

Having a male type body is *usually* XY. But it can also be XYY and several other things.

Female looking boding can be a lot of things, including XY (with any of several "defects" on other chromosome pairs).

[yetanotherbob.livejournal.com]

Same here, being non-trans. (Token completely normal white guy*, at your service!) So it's mostly assumed a 1:1 situation. Oversimplistic given the other possibilities given, but as a model, it's a useful when there's little to override it: "Got equipment that allows you to easily use a urinal? Okay, don't use the door with the picture of someone in a skirt, consider yourself an XY, and become the target of advertisements of blue pills. Next!"

*Token completely normal white guy might not be normal and/or white.