Would it theoretically be possible to engineer a virus that targeted only men or only women?
>>8193833
Yes.
>>8193833
If it was activated by X/Y chromosomes or some shit, then maybe.
>>8193833
No.
only men, most likely
just like >>8193843 said. make the insertion point of the virus a unique section of the Y chromosome, and it will only be able to do shit to male cells.
No, because men and women are equal and gender is a social construct.
>>8193847
You're clearly a fisherperson, laying zhir bait.
>>8193847
This
Wake up you idiots
>>8193856
We are one.
We are legion.
Expect us.
No. Even if you were able to target by the chromosomes you would still end up killing many of the wrong gender from false positives.
>>8193862
what
how does that work?
>>8193864
Not everyone's gender matches up with their chromosomes.
>>8193873
There doesn't meaningfully exist such a thing as "cisgender", there is no gender matching one's chromosomes.
It would be possible if it a vicious virus that target the genitalia (std), e.g. women bleed to death out of their vags or men's ballsacks implode and create a blackhole
>>8193833
There's already HPV-16 and HPV-18. They infect both men and women, but men just get an occasional cold sore on their dick or nothing at all. Women get three times higher chance of developing cervical cancer.
>>8193893
That's just an erosion of language for the sake of social justice.
>>8194240
Welcome to the family.
Yes a virus that targets men. Feminism
>>8193846
What about pregnancy?
In principle, yes.
Men have much higher testosterone levels than women and women have much higher estrogen levels than men.
Just make a virus that somehow requires these chemicals to become active. Even though it would technically affect both men and women since both have testosterone and estrogen in their systems, said virus could be designed to have negligible effects below some sort of baseline concentration.
no because gender is a social construct, but you might be able to target a virus for only people with penises
If the goal is to infect a lot of men, target typical male products such as heavy drink's or male hair gel. There's a risk that women might be infected eventually but the majority should be male. This is both cheaper and easier to do.
Yes. Some viruses are gender specific. And IF's its bound to your Y-cromosone, it's for men only
>>8193833
HPV
Done.
>>8193833
why dont we find out?
If you had a virus that does not interrupt testosterone or estrogen, but does interrupt progesterone, you would have a problem.
