I have a transgender friend who instead of XX or XY has an XXY gene combination, and the extra gene pairings are not as uncommon as most people think. There are also persons who have an XY pairing, but who manifest as female, and not only female but extremely beautiful females, due to the bodies rejection of male hormones .

The problem with persons, like Putin, who have a lot of money and/or power is that they start to believe they have a lot more knowledge than the actually do, which leads to a lot of wrong conclusions.

Gender is not as definitive as most people like to think it is.

From the article...

During a wide-ranging televised annual news conference Thursday that lasted some four hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin, moving between topics including harvest yields, the coronavirus and military buildup on the border with Ukraine, veered into a discussion of traditional gender roles. He compared gender nonconformity and the push for trans rights to “new strains” of a “pandemic” much like the coronavirus.

In response to a question from a reporter for RT, a state media company, about his views on “problems in Western society,” “cancel culture” and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s views on gender, which many people consider transphobic, Putin doubled down on long-held views on the correctness of traditional conceptions of gender, and his opposition to rights and inclusion for transgender people.