You absolutely can NOT harp on trans activists for being anti science if you think it’s sexist to point out the evidence that exists about possible genetic or developmental contributing factors to an individuals social behaviors, sexuality, and conformance to gender roles.
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3 studies: poor control sample, small sample, no ID of social factors, no analysis of indirect effects of T (mood swings, increased sex drive) that could drive behavior changes that translate to changes in brain.
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But given that the same sex differences in verbal and mental rotation skills are found in many replicated studies outside the trans field, this seems like corroboration that hormones directly impact the brain. Why wouldn't they? They do in every other animal.
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I've read so many of these studies attempting to show sex differences in brain structure as endemic or a result of hormones. Without adding social factors into the equation, they don't show much.
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We'll have to agree to disagree they "don't show much." There are many meta-analyses, cross-cultural and with huge cohorts, over decades replicating this. No one says social factors don't matter or the diffs are huge. Just that they exist and that hormones don't stop at the neck.
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