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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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
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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Replying to @hearthmoon @lacroicsz
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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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @lacroicsz
Not saying hormones don't affect the brain. They affect emotional stability, particularly when artificially manipulated. That may have an indirect affect on verbal processes.
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Replying to @hearthmoon @lacroicsz
Why is in the only possibility that the effect is "indirect"? What if the effect is also direct? Why is that not possible?
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There are very good reasons why there would be selective evolutionary pressure on females to have superior communication skills.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @lacroicsz
There is evidence that we select for superior communication based on female socialization. Enough to explain the difference. There may be a small innate difference between boys and girls, but I don't see why it matters, when socialization is such a huge factor.
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Except that socialization and culture (of course they matter!) didn't appear in a vacuum--or on a blank slate, if you prefer. We are primates, and like our cousins, evolution exerted selective pressure on us, as on all animals, from the beginning.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @lacroicsz
Social behavior is a part of evolution, especially for gregarious species such as ours. I don't understand why the need to identify a possible .001% innate difference in boy/girl brains is so important, unless it's to justify "man in his sphere, woman in hers" thinking.
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