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The trans trend (no disrespect, just empirically it’s trending) is probably due, in part, to the declining monagamy norm. As the sexually liberal mating economy creates winner-take-all dynamics, more biological males hate being male. Add female empowerment norms, & voila.

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Wait I think you're partially right but I'm not convinced - it doesn't seem obvious to me that sexual liberalism post birth control results in winner take all economies. I think the lack of war/manual labor/roles for men is a more obvious reason.

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The winner take all mentality is extremely obviously in worlds where female sexuality is still highly regulated, but that's a big recent change; we used to have only polygamy, now it's free for all polyamory.

5:45 PM · Sep 2, 2020

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This doesn't explain the egalitarian nature of marriage in the Balkans, for instance, compared to the US.

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It's actually more equal when female sexuality is requlated: * Normative arranged marriages * Orthodox religions * Babushka's influence in downregulating female sexual expression in public (shame culture)

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I think another part of it (no matter how small or large) is the idea of sexual novelty being more and more in need. autogynephilia then becomes a corner some go to/and or explore since trans is a “thing”

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There's also an evacuation of the real and an escape into fetish. People are having less sex, in the body. But our minds are more fixated on it than ever. And online you can find whatever weird thing turns you on, without constraint of realism

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Polyamory just becomes winners take most