when people define “trans” as simply a mental illness, is that a denial of existence?https://twitter.com/zephariouself/status/1247574647543037955 …
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Here's a riddle for you: given what we're able to define about the construct of mental illness in general, were political dissidents who supported capitalism and were diagnosed with mental illness under communist regimes actually mentally ill?
Special pleading is ubiquitous in psychology. A Masai warrior who hears voices but is socially functional in their tribe is not considered schizoaffective or psychotic, while identical presentation that results in social dysfunction in the west, is.
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i agree with some of foucault’s historical criticisms of the institution of “mental illness”, and many of the ideas of thomas szasz (both of whom i assume you agree with) my problem with self-asserted identity doesn’t actually intersect those ideas
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I don't consider transsexualism or even gender to be an identity or a reasonable component of identity and think that's a bewildering confusion.
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My basic answer to trans-critical arguments is that all psychology is folk psychology and the more valid your trans critical arguments seem the deeper into folk psychology you've gone. Fundamentally, there is a material cause. Always. What is it? What category of thing is it?
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