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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Replying to @lacroicsz
The ideological position that the effect of testosterone stops at the neck (or is overruled by socialization) runs deep in some feminist circles. Some people WERE NOT HAPPY with this article, for example (see some of the denialism in the comments).https://4thwavenow.com/2017/08/18/thoracic-outlet-syndrome-deteriorating-verbal-fluency-not-on-your-typical-informed-consent-form/ …
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @lacroicsz
Sorry, I found that study to be deeply flawed in design and its conclusions unsupported. No attempt was made to identify contribution of concurrent psychosocial factors to changes in the brain.
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Replying to @hearthmoon @lacroicsz
What study? *Several* studies are linked in the article, discussing impact of hormones on FTMs in verbal & mental rotation skills, even after a short time on T. It's a body of research, not 1 study. Sex differences in these skills have been well studied in the broader literature.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @lacroicsz
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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