re: A transgender 9-year-old tells her story

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I just don't understand how a 9 year old has any idea what this is.

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because some adult encouraged it

I'm tired of this weird shite being in the news. This isn't like being gay or straight ... this is a mental disorder.

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Like the basic inductive logic proven true in biology and science since the dawn of time that male sex organs make one male and female sex organs make one female?

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Well that's not even true in all cases. It's rare, but there biological disorders that muddle even basic rules like that.

But aside from those cases, what you've stated is not an example of inductive logic. You're showing your ignorance. What you said is more of a premise, tautology, or a definition.

Biological males, by definition, have male genitals. Biological females have female genitals. Again, barring edge cases.

But you're conveniently ignoring the aspect of gender, which refers to social/cultural behaviors, roles, and norms expected of biological males and females. Transgender people don't change their biological sex--they change their gender. They adopt the behaviors, roles, and norms that are expected for the gender that does not match their genitals.

These threads always end up going back to this, which suggests that we're not even having a discussion about the same thing. Most people in these threads refuse to acknowledge the distinction between sex and gender, which is inexplicable IMO.

edit: I guess your example could be considered inductive logic if stated like this:

Humans with XX chromosomes are female.
Humans with XY chromosomes are male.

In my observations, all females have vaginas, breasts, uteruses, ovaries, etc.
In my observations, all males have penises, testicles, prostates, etc.

Therefore, all females have vaginas, breasts, etc. Those organs are female organs. All males have penises, testicles, etc. Those organs are male organs.

^^^^ Your example would have to take this form to be an example of logical induction. But it would end up being wrong, because not all females have all the female sex organs, and not all males have all the male sex organs. The conclusions regarding which organs are male/female would be correct.

You could modify the conclusions a little more and say "all normally developed males have penises, testicles, etc." and that would be stronger, but that's anticipating the possibility that you might someday find a male who lacks one or all of those organs.

Welp there's some logic 101 for you. If I'm lucky, five people will read this, so I probably wasted my time.

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if this keeps going, parents will be pushing sons to say they identify as a female to get athletic scholarships in women's sports...
What ever will the Title IXers do? Feminists' and lesbians' heads will explode.

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Oh good grief