More importantly, these arguments are ultimately rooted in eugenic thinking, one that grounds the "causation" of our deviation from the norm in our bodies. Arguing that our biology "causes" our differences reflects arguments eugenicists provided to justify their racist and ableist approach to medicine and to their supposed "cures" for our "deviance." It offers a narrative whereby gender non-conformity can be understood as an anatomical pathology or a psychiatric disorder (both rooted in biology), and ultimately reinforces who and what subject positions are _______. It is these biological explanations that continue to pathologize not only gender transgressors, but also people of color and people with disabilities, particularly in practices of sterilization. When we rely on biology and genetics to legitimize trans existence-rather than challenging normative and coercive gender expectations more broadly-we fail to distance ourselves from the dangerous rhetoric of degeneracy.
A) legitimate and "normal"
B) reductive and oppressive
C) intersectional and marginalized
D) none of the above

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The passage discusses how grounding the causation of deviation in biology, as eugenicists did, reinforces certain subject positions as "legitimate and 'normal'" by pathologizing others. This is evident in the context of gender non-conformity being seen as a pathology or disorder, thus legitimizing only those who fit within normative expectations.

More Importantly, These Arguments Are Ultimately Rooted in Eugenic Thinking