being puzzled by things that seems simple and obvious is by no means a negative thing
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Before Newton/gravity, people thought it was totally obvious why things fell to the ground. They shared some
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'earthy' qualities and simply 'belonged together'. Being puzzled by that led to modern physics
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being puzzled about why sex and gender so often align might not lead to any great advancement
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but the 'duh they just *go together*/share some ethereal quality' approach is, um, less than compelling as an arg
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Replying to @bekkhylle @debra_soh
this is similar to a scholar being puzzled by why things fall to the ground, it has already been explained
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Replying to @RealPeerReview @debra_soh
hmm, that's news to me. an explanation of why most people are cis? what is that?
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Postmodern 'theory' is where 'cis' arose. What does it even mean? No one fully 'conforms' do they?
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the fact that cis as a term has fuzzy edges is not unique to it. it holds of most things
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1. My take: Sex immutable. Noone 100% conforms to typical sex traits so 'cis' is pomo absurdity.
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2. Studies re: prenatal androgens are most predictive of gender nonconformity, not "identity"
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