Oh, ffs. My own professed beliefs have not changed. I still support trans identity and don't support authoritarian, unreasonable & aggressive trans activists. And, yes, I still disagree with radfems.pic.twitter.com/udlmeAztxY
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Oh, ffs. My own professed beliefs have not changed. I still support trans identity and don't support authoritarian, unreasonable & aggressive trans activists. And, yes, I still disagree with radfems.pic.twitter.com/udlmeAztxY
Do you really expect me to say 'Oh, some trans activists are awful? Now I see that gender is a cultural construct and women are an oppressed class under patriarchy." I am a liberal. This means I oppose illiberal people. That includes authoritarian trans activists & mad radfems.
And no, I'm not going to credit radfems for my 'realisation' that some trans activists are authoritarian ideologues. I never disagreed with you about this. I disagreed about the mad stuff about trans women being MRAs furthering patriarchal agendas to appropriate womanhood etc.
This is the piece where I apparently agreed with all radfem points. It is strange then that the result of it was dozens of radfems telling me I was part of the trans cult, a misogynist, an MRA. If radfems actually took this stance it would be wonderful.https://areomagazine.com/2017/09/27/an-argument-for-a-liberal-and-rational-approach-to-transgender-rights-and-inclusion/ …
I agree with most of this, but not the scientific evidence for transgender identity. You know that male and female populations have overlapping brain structure distributions. I'm sure you wouldn't argue that all men towards the feminine end of the distribution are actually women.
Entirely depends on how you define women. If by gonads, no, if by sense of themselves, yes. This is the pointless semantic argument that goes on and on.
My point there is that there are numerous males in these studies with more "feminine" brains who don't identify as trans women. I assume you wouldn't argue that they should be forcibly classified as such. So I don't see how a definition based on brain structures is feasible.
I don't really care if people want to define gender purely by reproductive systems or include brains/hormones/genetics or go by self-perception. I think we'll know a lot more about why this happens soon & that will be interesting. In the meantime, we be both practical & liberal.
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