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If you're a minority/oppressed group and people say bad things about you that aren't true, the answer is not to start saying good things about yourself that aren't true, no matter how fair this may feel; in the end it means people who actually care about truth, won't believe you.

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Can you give an example?

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e.g., "Trans women are just men dressed up as women" you might respond with "No, trans women are women, there's no meaningful difference." In this case both sides are not focused on truthfinding, they're focused on cultural war.

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There's a ton of meaningful differences between them. 1. different genitals (relevant for medical care/procreation strategies) 2. different early childhood socialization 3. trans women suffer hatred in a different, stronger way than bio women do 4. trans women seem to be smarter

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5. different experiences of sexual desirability, e.g., bio women more sexually desired 6. on average different heights 7. different medication requirements 8. different rates of different types of mental illnesses in each group

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i think for most daily purposes it doesn't make sense to treat a passing trans women as any different from a bio women, but there are some situations in which case the differences do become relevant.

6:35 PM · Oct 29, 2020