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Increasingly coming to the conclusion that a lot of the "trans debate" comes down to 1) sex/gender division being heavily ingrained even in the most egalitarian societies 2) sexual difference being deeply assumed to be universal, simple and immutable. 3) trans people violate this
We violate it in little ways by refusing to conform to flesh attached roles rules and regulations, we violate it in behavioural differences from the expected norms, we violate it psychologically refusing its model into our world and we violate it with our bodies which we mutate.
We often rely far too often on intersex people as a metaphor to argue from. It's uncomfortable to really sit with our own violation of these fundamental systems society is built on.
We try to find ways to shape ourselves to look like we fit in other ways, we bend illegally into binary moulds the other side that fit us better in order to make a peaceful life for ourselves, to carve out niches where we can survive. But even these violate the core of gender.
What happens however is faced with the reality of trans people, people classified as one sex who look, act, live as and integrate as another, (and a whole lot of even more complex violations of the simple, universal, immutable triad) conservative society nevertheless...
...says "sorry, we are drawing the line right through you, the edge case, to resolve this issue and uphold the simplicity, immutability and universality of the sex difference". Because so much is dependent on it and because trans people are small enough to carve through.
They put the conclusion ahead of any attempts to integrate the reality of trans people into the reality and needs of wider society. The conclusion is that even if trans people do exist, this violation can't be admitted to the point the division is contexted, complex or mutable.
This insight isn't super novel but it does yield a pair of obvious strategies for liberation: 1) fight to uproot the aspects of society that ingrain sex division as a necessary feature 2) fight to complicate, contextualise and mutate the borderlands of sex/gender.
Yup It cuts at the core of biological essentialism that dominated the sciences/sociology/law and now is so structural that we treaten to bring the house of cards down
Also, there aren't many trans people, so most folk don't know anyone.
yes, this is something I've been thinking about - I think most people know or are acquainted with a gay or bi person, but very few know a trans person personally which I think makes it easy for people to say what they say, they don't have to imagine it being said to their friend
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