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Why live past age 50?

Someone asked me on Quora  What's the point of living past the age of 50?   After 50, unless you have a family and / or amassed some assets, what’s the whole point of living? How do people in their 50s feel about their lives, generally? I replied: Anyone aged 50 now stands a good chance of living for double that time. Why quit on life when it’s only half way through? There are amazing breakthroughs in nutrition and exercise and healing which mean that the ailments my grandparents suffered from, I will never suffer from. Ever. There are amazing new people to meet, new challenges every day, amazing things being said on Quora. Over 50 you really don’t care any more about what people think. If you are lucky you have family and friends who care for you and you can spend time with them. If you see someone you like the look of, you can step up to them and say hello. You don’t have to be a wage slave, if you want to start a business online you can. There ar...
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Biological influences on gender and transgender

Gender is a social construct into which feed biological and social factors like: 1.       DNA which may be normal: or not normal. See DSD: disorders of sex development.  University of Michigan Health System 2.      Sexual differentiation: check out embryology of mammals, in particular humans.  Sexual Differentiation 3.      Visible external genitalia and the invisible internal sex organs which may be different again: e.g. Some people are born with testes  and  ovaries. And this is different from the DNA sex.  University of Michigan Health System 4.      Gestational chemistry: was the female infant bathed in testosterone which is thought to stimulate masculinity in behaviour or, alternatively the male infant getting too much of female hormones while developing. These situations occur because of drugs, drinking contaminated water, medication and a host of other reasons...
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